On 27/01/2019 21:21, Colin Smale wrote:
Organisation Organisation Name 60 n/a Department Name 60 n/a Premises Sub Building Name 30
addr:unit
Building Name 50 addr:housename Building Number 4 addr:housenumber Thoroughfare Dependent Thoroughfare Name 60
This is the one that actually normally causes questions. It is quite common to have named terraces, and to have runs of maisonettes numbered within a name.
Dependent Thoroughfare Descriptor 20 Thoroughfare Name Street 60 addr:street Thoroughfare Descriptor 20 Locality Double Dependent Locality Small villages 35 Dependent Locality 35 Post town 30 addr:city
Firstly, addr in OSM is generally postal, not geographical. As indicated elsewhere containment (or is_in) define the geographical place.
Secondly, in practice the only parts of the address you need are the detailed destination point code and the post code. However, I discovered that the postie on the beat also needs the street name to avoid having to look it up from the postcode.
The bar codes for Walksort only contain the postcode and two character detailed destination. (Is there a potential project there, to capture these. Everyone who has received utility bills will have their own code, but they are only available to paying customers, as far as the sender is concerned.)
Postcode Postcode 7 addr:postcode PO Box PO Box 6
PO Box is not really relevant. In most cases it is attached to a post office building.
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