2010/8/20 Anthony <o...@inbox.org>: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Simone Saviolo > <simone.savi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2010/8/19 Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de>: >>> On 19.08.2010 16:27, Simone Saviolo wrote: >>>> 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? >>> >>> No, you bring up JOSM's search box, type "addr:street"=TheStreetName >>> and change them all at once. >> >> Well, duh, of course! But since when is "let's change a thousand >> items!" a better strategy than "let's make a relation between the two >> things"? > > According to the wiki page I linked to, this has always been the case, > since relations were never meant to handle a thousand items. > > I wonder, how does associatedStreet work if the address is a route, > such as "489 United States Highway 1"?
That's way there's the need for relations of relations. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
