It's not just administrative boundaries. If you mark points with "place=suburb", "place=town" etc. that will also be used.
In this case it is clearly difficult to tell which tags to use, so I would just not use them and let nominatim figure out. Unless someone else a clearer solution, that is. IpswichMapper -- 20 Dec 2020, 13:29 by [email protected]: > > On 2020-12-20 14:13, ipswichmapper--- via Talk-GB wrote: > > >> Marking city, town etc is not necessary in UK because Geocoders like >> nominatim can figure those out using afministrative boundaries. >> >> > Postal addresses have no relation to administrative boundaries. They are > simply "what you need to put on an envelope so Royal Mail can put it through > the right letter box". > > Boundaries of "post town" areas are not in OSM, nor can they be considered > "administrative". Post Towns, Dependent Localities and Double-Dependent > Localities are not mapped (nor mappable) to Districts etc or Civil Parishes. > > > >> >> 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 [email protected]: >> >>> 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) >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>
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