2010/8/19 Anthony <o...@inbox.org>: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Simone Saviolo > <simone.savi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2010/8/19 Anthony <o...@inbox.org>: >>>> And what happens if the name is not exactly the same ? >>> >>> Then there's an error that needs to be fixed. >>> >>>> That's why some contributors prefer the relation. >>> >>> Right problem, wrong solution. >> >> So, if the name of a street is changed for whatever reason, I have to >> go through the, maybe, several hundreds of house numbers on that way, >> change the addr:street on every single one of them, and then hope the >> name isn't changed again too soon? Is this the right solution? > > No, the right solution is to have the API support references.
They do, sort of. You create a relation which holds a "reference" to the street. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
