One building can definitely have more than a single address. Addresses provide postal delivery information and don't necessarily correspond 1:1 with other concepts like physical buildings or legal parcels.
-mike. ---------------------------------------------------------------- michal migurski- contact info and pgp key: sf/ca http://mike.teczno.com/contact.html > On Jun 18, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Legally in San Francisco does the address refer to the property, the > building, or the entrance? > > While I'm from California originally, I admit that I don't know the > definition of an address there. > > If one building can have more than one address (based on separate entrances), > then it would be best to use nodes. > > - Joseph Eisenberg > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:36 AM Yury Yatsynovich <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I saw addresses in SF mapped both ways -- some are mapped as nodes inside the > buildings or on contours of buildings (as entrances); others are added > directly on the ways/relations of buildings. > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 12:20 PM Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > matching buildings to address points > > I support the idea of adding missing addresses. However, is it best practice > to match the address with the building area? > > Currently in SF are almost all addresses matched with buildings, or are some > mapped as nodes or separate area features? > > -- Joseph Eisenberg > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 8:30 AM Yury Yatsynovich <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Greetings! > > I've been recently thinking about importing addresses for San Francisco, CA. > It looks like there has been interest in this kind of import (the page > devoted to it was created in 2010, > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Address_Import > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Address_Import>). > > So, please, consider this message as my "community buy-in": does anyone have > any objections related to this possible import? > By now I've obtained a permit from the data owner > (https://data.sfgov.org/Geographic-Locations-and-Boundaries/Addresses-Enterprise-Addressing-System/3mea-di5p > > <https://data.sfgov.org/Geographic-Locations-and-Boundaries/Addresses-Enterprise-Addressing-System/3mea-di5p>) > and almost finished writing my code for matching buildings to address points. > > If there are no objections, I'll go on with organising all documentation and > sharing the code/resulting .osm-files for review by OSM community. > > Looking forward to receiving your feedback! > > p.s. I have some experience in importing addresses (e.g., see > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/MassGIS_Addresses > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/MassGIS_Addresses>) > > > > > -- > Yury Yatsynovich > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us> > > > -- > Yury Yatsynovich > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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