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When mapping street addresses in #OpenStreetMap, the minimum tag you probably need is addr:housenumber and addr:street, or maybe addr:place. (cdn.masto.host)

submitted 9 months ago by MapAmore@en.osm.town to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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When mapping street addresses in #OpenStreetMap, the minimum tag you probably need is addr:housenumber and addr:street, or maybe addr:place.

In this example, house numbers 971 and 977 are the only two points actually mapped, and connected by a way tagged with addr:interpolation=odd.

The geocoder still returned the estimated position for the unmapped housenumber, 975.

Read about interpolation here: https://osm.org/wiki/Addresses#Interpolation

It's a quick method for adding street addresses in @openstreetmap

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[–] Mannivu@feddit.it 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Address interpolation should be just a preliminary mapping, since it works well only if addresses are equally distributed along the way. But if buildings or entrances are not regular this won't work.

[–] MapAmore@en.osm.town 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

@Mannivu

I agree that it could be used for initial mapping, and interpolation makes it "work" in some fashion -- at the very least, one gets close enough to the area you want to.

That's slightly better than having no mapped addresses, or mapping individual address POIs, without interpolation.

[–] Mannivu@feddit.it 5 points 9 months ago

I agree except for one thing: interpolation is way better than having no address at all. Even if it's not precise, at least the user can have some routing.