> If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name "Bob" and
put it on my letterbox, does that become the name of my house?
An interesting question which begs another question, what is an address?
(warning: a bit of a philosophical ramble on a Friday night).
My global analysis so far suggests that there are basically three:
POSTAL (so the postal service is usually involved), CADESTRAL (the
building plot as defined by the local government and/or land
registration body) and "HABITUAL" which is actually very powerful: if
your Officeworks sign remains for long enough, the postman will find it
even if not formally sanctioned by the postal service. Interestingly, in
Ireland a "descriptive" address "The blue house called Bob, on the other
side of the stream in the village of Inverkeith" is also formally
acceptable - this is rare globally though.
Following a similar thread in the UK, it is evident that we don't have a
clear definition in OSM for the addr: namespace and that makes things
like tagging a house name a matter of debate and localisation. In Sweden
where I usually live, properties have two completely different
addresses: a formal postal address (always just road, house number,
formal postal area (i.e. a city/town/village), post code) and a title
deed "cadestral" address (unique block name, block number, block number
subdivision number) which is used by the local council and the tax
office. We use the postal format in the addr: namespace and again there
is recent debate on whether addr:name is relevant.
From that perspective it looks like Australia is similar with the
postal service and your local council being separate authorative sources
but, unlike Sweden, they use overlapping nomenclature. The following is
not a primary source so I would be more than curious to know if anyone
has a more formal answer:
https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/how-to-name-your-house-stsetivw-vs~50717452
*"Make it legal*
You can call your home any name you want, but if you want to register it
as its official address, contact your local council and postal service.
They will ascertain if the name is already taken in the area or if there
are restrictions on removing an existing name. They’ll even disallow
rude names! You’ll still require a street or road number attached to
your address, though."
Mike
On 2022-02-04 19:48, Dian Ågesson wrote:
Genuine question:
If I go to Officeworks and get a sign printed with the name "Bob" and
put it on my letterbox, does that become the name of my house?
On 2022-02-04 06:31, Warin wrote:
On 4/2/22 17:25, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
I've always listed the name of units & so on just as name=*.
+1
No longer used as the address, used 2 centuries ago.
Thanks
Graeme
On Fri, 4 Feb 2022 at 16:14, Mat Attlee <mattatt...@gmail.com
<mailto:mattatt...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Whilst I was out surveying today I stumbled upon a building that
had a street number but also a house name, as just above the
entrance and door number it said Rivenhall. Now the question is
should this be tagged as the name or addr:housename? I know the
latter is common in the UK though I couldn't find anything about
best practice in Australia.
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