Matias D'Ambrosio wrote: >Sent: 14 October 2008 6:24 PM >To: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Yet another street number scheme > >On Tuesday 14 October 2008 14:17:43 Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: >> Karl Newman wrote: >> >That's not really true, because there are devices (such as Garmin GPS >> >receivers) on which we would like to use OSM data, which need address >> >numbers in a compact format with interpolation rules. Trying to reverse- >> >engineer the scheme (odd, even, both, etc.) from single nodes that >aren't >> >even part of the way is nigh-impossible, or at the least, wastefully >> >compute-intesive and error-prone. >> >> However, houses are not part of the road network, so the house number >node >> should not be part of the highway, that would be tagging for the Garmin >or >> whatever. The house numbers need to go on the houses (or the object >> representing them). > That might be so in some places. In my country, the numbers belong to the >street, and buildings and other things are associated to the street. It's >very common for us to say something is at "Sesame Street 2100" to indicate >a >block side (is there an english word for 'block side'?). The only reason a >house has an address Sesame Street 2142 is because it's located in the >Sesame >Street 2100 block. That's why my scheme is so focused in Argentina's >system, >no system will cover all possibilities.
I understand what you are saying and also accept that if you find a way that works for you well in Argentina then go for it. Having said that I still think the block relates to the block of land (on which the buildings are built) alongside the specific street, not the street itself. Yes, the block has a direct relationship with the street (hence the discussion about using a relation) but its not an attribute to the highway itself. But anyway, enough from me on this. Just hope you find something that works well in Argentina :-) Cheers Andy > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >talk@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1724 - Release Date: 14/10/2008 >2:02 AM _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
