On 19 January 2015 at 10:39, Friedrich Volkmann <b...@volki.at> wrote: > On 18.01.2015 22:23, Markus Lindholm wrote: >> I think addresses are proper features, so a distinct address >> should be found only once in the database. > > And I see it the other way. Addresses are just attributes. It may pendend on > the country, I don't know.
Treating addresses as attributes might be fast and convenient but that kind of scheme becomes incoherent as there is no one-to-one relationship between addresses and other features. E.g. - There are MULTIPLE POIs that all relate to ONE address - There are MULTIPLE addresses that all relate to ONE building So you would end up with a database where the address information is stored "all over the place" and no coherent way to process it. Better to have bare address nodes and when necessary use a relation to create an association between the address and other features. /Markus _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
