All awesome, thanks, folks. I'll ensure I do it right, then! :)

-- 
Tel/SMS/Signal/WhatsApp: +61 447 692743
Podnews <https://podnews.net/> · My radio trends newsletter
<https://james.crid.land/> · Speaking and consultancy
<https://james.cridland.net/>
Amazingly Brilliant Pty Ltd · ABN 30 612 913 514


On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 08:55, Warin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 29/3/20 9:13 am, David Wales wrote:
>
> Realised that I replied directly, rather than to the list...
> Reply below:
>
> Hi James,
>
> If there is only one building at the address, I would merge the building
> and the address point.
> You can mark the entrance as described here:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:entrance
>
> If there is more than one building, add a perimeter, and merge the address
> to that:
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses#Multiple_buildings_for_one_housenumber
>
>
> If the other buildings are garages, garden sheds then I would still put
> the address on the house.
>
>
>
> Note that according to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses
> there are several options for tagging buildings with addresss, but the
> above are my preferred methods.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> On 29/3/20 9:11 am, Dion Moult wrote:
>
> Hello James!
>
> FYI those addresses you see were likely created as part of the NSW address
> import project - that is why they are in the middle of the lot :) Please
> feel free to improve on its accuracy by merging it into an actual building!
>
> Dion Moult
>
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Sunday, March 29, 2020 9:08 AM, Graeme Fitzpatrick
> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> G'day James & welcome!
>
> Personally, I've always gone with either #3, with the address node at the
> driveway, or drawn the building & added the address details to that.
>
> Either way seems to work, in the they render, & also appear in an address
> search (at least on OSMand!)
>
> Good luck & have fun!
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
>
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 21:47, James Cridland <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hello, folks - first time poster here, and (while I first edited OSM a
>> while ago) this my first time doing a lot of work in it to make it nicer.
>>
>> I'm adding the buildings around where I live. They're all individual
>> buildings, mainly houses. In my part of Australia we've address points,
>> which come from the local council. They're in the middle of the lot - not
>> necessarily in the middle of the building on the lot.
>>
>> Should I be:
>> 1. Adding the building outlines and moving the address points to the
>> centre of the building?
>> 2. Adding the building outlines and dropping the address point onto the
>> outline, so they're merged?
>> 3. Adding the building outlines and dropping the address point onto the
>> outline at the entrance, so they're merged?
>> 4. What the hell are you doing James, don't touch the address points?
>>
>> Looking at the renderer: if I do #3, that moves the street number to the
>> entrance of the property, which is quite helpful, especially for a building
>> on a corner.
>>
>> --
>> Tel/SMS/Signal/WhatsApp: +61 447 692743
>> Podnews <https://podnews.net/> · My radio trends newsletter
>> <https://james.crid.land/> · Speaking and consultancy
>> <https://james.cridland.net/>
>> Amazingly Brilliant Pty Ltd · ABN 30 612 913 514
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Talk-au mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
>
_______________________________________________
Talk-au mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Reply via email to