Hi. In OSM (for Australia), suburb=town, which is admin_level=9 for admin boundaries. We don't define the boundary of the wider metropolitan area.
To be honest I'm not sure of the value in adding this to addresses. The location of the address (within admin boundaries) will determine this, along with any street related to the address. That is, it's probably better to let routing software infer the town, rather than re-enter it for every address. - Ben Kelley. -- Ben Kelley Sent from my Nexus 7 On 14 Oct 2014 11:19, "David Bannon" <dban...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > As far as routing engines go, my guess is City=Town=Suburb, they would > dump them all into one box and sort. > > But I confess I don't see them as interchangeable in other contexts. > Difficult question Nicholas ! > > David > > > On Mon, 2014-10-13 at 23:54 +0000, Nicholas G Lawrence wrote: > > When I use the in-browser editor iD, and create a building outline to > tag, it offers up addr:city as a tag, but not addr:suburb > > > > Of course, I can add a new tag addr:suburb easily enough, but it is a > couple more steps. > > > > So the path of least resistance is to populate the tag addr:city and > leave blank addr:suburb > > > > Personally, I am leaning towards addr:city = Coorparoo as it fits the > convention of addressing letters as you point out. > > > > But I'd like to adhere to the established convention in Australia. > > > > Cheers, > > Nick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Bannon [mailto:dban...@internode.on.net] > > Sent: Tuesday, 14 October 2014 9:21 AM > > To: Nicholas G Lawrence > > Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > Subject: Re: [talk-au] street addressing city or suburb? > > > > > > Nicholas, generally, when addressing an envelope for example, we'd say - > > > > somestreet, > > Coorparoo, > > Queensland, postcode > > > > We'd reserve the use of "Brisbane" to an address in the CBD itself. Or > so I think... > > > > Apply the same principle here do you think ? > > > > David > > > > On Mon, 2014-10-13 at 23:09 +0000, Nicholas G Lawrence wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the convention for tagging an address for a residential > > > property in a suburb (Coorparoo) in a city (Brisbane)? > > > > > > > > > > > > addr:city = “Brisbane” > > > > > > > > > > > > Or > > > > > > > > > > > > addr:city = “Coorparoo” > > > > > > > > > > > > Or > > > > > > > > > > > > addr:suburb = “Coorparoo” > > > > > > > > > > > > Which is best for navigation and routing? > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Nick Lawrence > > > Senior Spatial Science Officer (Geospatial Technologies) Engineering & > > > Technology | Department of Transport and Main Roads > > > > > > > > > > > > Floor 19 | 313 Adelaide Street | Brisbane Qld 4000 GPO Box 1412 | > > > Brisbane Qld 4001 > > > P:(07) 30667977 > > > E: nicholas.g.lawre...@tmr.qld.gov.au > > > W: www.tmr.qld.gov.au > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > * > > > WARNING: This email (including any attachments) may contain legally > > > privileged, confidential or private information and may be protected > > > by copyright. You may only use it if you are the person(s) it was > > > intended to be sent to and if you use it in an authorised way. No one > > > is allowed to use, review, alter, transmit, disclose, distribute, > > > print or copy this email without appropriate authority. > > > > > > If this email was not intended for you and was sent to you by mistake, > > > please telephone or email me immediately, destroy any hardcopies of > > > this email and delete it and any copies of it from your computer > > > system. Any right which the sender may have under copyright law, and > > > any legal privilege and confidentiality attached to this email is not > > > waived or destroyed by that mistake. > > > > > > > > > It is your responsibility to ensure that this email does not contain > > > and is not affected by computer viruses, defects or interference by > > > third parties or replication problems (including incompatibility with > > > your computer system). > > > > > > Opinions contained in this email do not necessarily reflect the > > > opinions of the Department of Transport and Main Roads, or endorsed > > > organisations utilising the same infrastructure. > > > ********************************************************************** > > > * > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Talk-au mailing list > > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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