On 05/06/15 14:15, Wittle, Paul wrote:
Hi,
Is it ok to add a tag 'addr:county' when drawing properties, it
doesn't seem to be an officially recognised tag but I can find some
references to it online?
Also, would you put sub-districts of a town (i.e. Wyke Regis in
Weymouth) under 'addr:place'?
Best Regards,
Paul Wittle
Paul,
You can add any tag for any purpose that suits you, there are no
official tags. Adding addr:county fits in the apparent address
hierarchy, but some would say it is superfluous because the county that
the place is in can be calculated by seeing which county boundary
relation the location is in. That depends on having intact boundaries
(they usually are) and the means to run 'is-in' calculations. PostGIS
extension to PostgreSQL helps with that. In some edge cases it may be
better to tag to be sure.
Some people don't even add the addr:city tag for the same reasons but I
always do, not least because in villages a civil parish boundary can
have more than one named place in it.
The fact is there is no right and wrong way to do this, do what suits
you - but not everyone else will follow you.
--
Cheers, Chris
user: chillly
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