Milestones are not necessarily located at the true distance of A to B. Not sure why this is the case, but I know that this is true for at least Thailand.
On 01/10/2019 21:10, Paul Allen wrote: > On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 at 19:40, Jorge Aguirre <jorge.agui...@kaart.com > <mailto:jorge.agui...@kaart.com>> wrote: > > The addresses that utilize ‘Km’ as part of the actual address are always > related to a specific 'highway:milestone’ on that particular highway. For > instance, the address for the Hilton Guatemala Vista Real Hotel in Guatemala > - as it appears on their official website: > [https://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/guatemala/hilton-guatemala-city-GUALLHH/index.html] > - is ‘Km. 9.5 CA-1 East Vista Real Complex, Guatemala City, 01015’. What > this means is the location is 500 meters from where the 'highway:milestone=9’ > on that particular ‘CA-1 East’ highway... > > > I think we're close to hitting the record for how misleading a tag name can > be. > > This is a proposal for a tag addr:milestone to allow us to specify a distance > in kilometres > (not miles), of a house (not a milestone) and the nearest milestone isn't a > stone but a sign. > If the locals call the road markers (marked in kilometres and which are not > stones) > milestones then there is some slight justification for addr:milestone. But > only slight, > because the address doesn't give the nearest "milestone" but a distance along > a road. > > If I understand you correctly, this is actually a distance along a particular > highway. A distance > from where, exactly? A highway has two ends, and there may be a milestone > (that is neither > a stone, nor marked in miles) 9km from each end. I assume that since the > address > is in Guatemala City, that would be what is used for addr:city; I also assume > that since > the street is CA-1 East, that would be what is used for addr:street. > Therefore the only > other thing required would be addr:distance to specify the distance from > addr:city > along addr:street. > > Unless the locals call road markers "milestones" and think of the "9.5km" in > terms of > milestones, addr:milestone is a horrific misnomer and addr:distance better. > > -- > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
