Marking city, town etc is not necessary in UK because Geocoders like nominatim can figure those out using afministrative boundaries.
What is important is the housenumber and street: "addr:housenumber=99 addr:street= Postal Street" And postcode: "addr:postcode=XY9 7GY" Note, all postcodes are available freely: https://raggedred.net/codepoint/ IpswichMapper-- 20 Dec 2020, 12:45 by dave.abb...@pandaemonia.org: > Hi, > > I am trying to make sure I tag addresses correctly. I am currently trying to > understand how to map in my area. > > The postal addresses are like: > > 99 Postal Street > Smalltown > Largertown > West Yorks XY9 7GY > > Smalltown is geographically separate to Largertown, which however is the > Postal Town. Omitting Smalltown from the address is probably correct > postally-speaking, but local residents would object as Smalltown is seen as > completely separate to other places under the same Postal Town. > > Currently tagging as - > addr:housenumber=99 > addr:street=Postal Street > addr:city=Smalltown, Largertown > > But I am pretty sure this is wrong. > > There is a page at > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Rjw62/UK_Address_Mapping which > mentions "suggested tags" but there is no evidence that this is in use. If > correct I would be tagging as - > > addr:housenumber=99 > addr:street=Postal Street > addr:town=Smalltown > addr:city=Largertown > > Hoping someone can advise me as to the correct way to tag for the UK... > > Dave Abbott (OSM user DaveyPorcy) >
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