On 29 May 2015 at 06:14, Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:39 AM, pmailkeey . <pmailk...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> Addresses are used to identify buildings. Not all buildings need to be >> identified. > > > Did you ever look at the example that I've send you ? (probably not > because it doesn't fit in your idea of addresses) >
Probably ! > The house numbers are used to identity flats, not the building. > Now you're confusing 'house numbers' with flat numbers ! > 8 different house numbers, 4 on the ground floor, 4 on the first. I don't > remember where the mailboxes are located, they are probably grouped > somewhere on the ground floor so the mailman does not have to take the > stairs. But someone delivering a package to the front door might want to > know that they have to take the stair and then follow the corridor to the > Xth door. > Use the query feature here <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.49451&mlon=-1.87597#map=19/52.49451/-1.87597> for an explanation. > As many people have pointed out, addresses are used for many different > things (mailboxes, entrances, buildings, rooms within building (e.g. > Suite), parcels). But you keep on insisting on your view: address ==> > building. > But then at a certain moment you said that an address could go on a node > and on a building. And when someone asks you to explain that, you start > throwing back questions without explaining what you meant. > > So please sit back, relax and accept that not everyone shares your view. > Addresses will be mapped as nodes, on buildings and as interpolation lines. > This is OSM, this is accepted and the data consumers can (or have to) live > with that. > Also consider this <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=54.21007&mlon=-3.27043#map=19/54.21007/-3.27043> scenario where the part-building has the address and the entrances have further detail. > > have a nice Friday > > So far so good. Off to chemist for 2 lots of pain killers and hospital for getting my back xrayed. I may ask someone if they'd like a hand to build submarines - wondering about cracking a joke re all their latest boats have sunk ! -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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