Re: [Talk-us] Why addr:state rather than is_in:state?

2010-12-31 Thread Toby Murray
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 5:23 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Having said that - this is what he had in mind when we invented addr:*, but of course if the wider community wants to use addr:* for different stuff then I guess we cannot keep them from it... It looks like the

Re: [Talk-us] Why addr:state rather than is_in:state?

2010-12-31 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-12-31 14:22, Toby Murray wrote: ... Also, is there much value in adding these tags on multi-state relations? For example: addr:state=TN;KY;OH;IN on this relation: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/444136 [ US-27 ] Not IMO for US-* routes. No more than tagging everything

Re: [Talk-us] Why addr:state rather than is_in:state?

2010-12-26 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Many route relations use addr:state to describe what state the route is in. Should a tag intended for addresses be used this way, or is is_in:state a better tag to use? The addr:* family of tags was created exclusively with addressing in mind. Only objects that have a postal address