The uses of the tag addr:housename in the database[1] does not match documentation[2] well. A high prroportion of uses are accidental; there were some bug reports[3][4] against iD, which used to have a housename box at the beginning of every point for entering addresses, pointing out doubtful use by new mappers. The top 100 values of the tag tell their own story.
-- Andrew [1] http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/addr%3Ahousename#values [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:addr [3] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/1525 [4] https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2124 Bloc 1 265 (empty string) 531 1 472 bloc 385 2 379 3 373 4 335 5 293 6 279 7 269 9 263 8 258 10 240 12 224 11 211 edificio 209 Mairie 206 16 202 15 192 14 189 18 189 s/n 184 Edificio 179 Heidehaus 168 San Antonio II 164 17 164 Taman Cantek 159 Rathaus 159 20 155 19 152 13 146 casă 146 22 143 21 139 Berg Studentby 138 25 136 26 135 23 132 Rose Cottage 130 24 129 A 124 28 122 Taman Ridgeview Phase 12 121 The Cottage 121 27 118 The Lodge 116 B 111 31 103 29 100 32 99 30 98 C 98 Pfarrhaus 96 Garages 95 Arcaden 94 Haus 1 94 33 91 Nöhren Hof 89 The Bungalow 88 36 88 Edificio␣ 88 Haus 2 88 Vestergård 87 Casă 86 Lidl 84 34 84 35 84 D 84 Østergård 83 40 80 38 77 Ældrecentret Kærgården 77 Магазин 76 C.C. Condado Shopping 75 37 74 CSI Warehouse 73 Bahnhof 73 42 71 44 71 Березники 71 39 70 45 70 The Coach House 70 41 69 Stevnshøj 69 Gemeindehaus 68 E 68 McDonald's 68 Golden Haven Memorial Park 66 Gemeindeamt 65 Unit 1 65 43 64 Højgård 64 The Vicarage 63 Makado 63 46 62 Top Center 62 Netto 62 Møllebækkollegiet 61 Garage 61 _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
