Sorry, my mail program got impatient and sent off an incomplete message. Here is the continuation:
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 12:31, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just to illustrate the problem, try find this address on OSM: > 13, Via Aeroporto, Orio al Serio, Italy > You get some ten results most of them with the correct address. > Then try to find "Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport" and check the address. > It's the one above. > Than try to route to the Airport, say with OSRM. > OSRM tries to route you somewhere in the middle of the airport area, but > luckily realizes that there is a fence, and stops there (by pure chance not > far away form the real entrance BTW > > Now coming to the analysis above. > Very precise and clear. > Every jurisdiction may have a different definition of what an address is. > In my specific case the Italian address definition, i.e. the entrance to > the building from the public road/footway network, or part of building with > that address, seems to be very precise, and is the one which the > authorities need to know when they want you (for whatever reason). > > Now let's go to Big G to find "Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport". They find > the same address and place the pointer in the middle of the grass near the > runways. Similar to OSM. They are better than OSRM when it comes to > routing. The Route stops in the short term car-park near the entrance and > shows yo how to reach on foot the passenger entrance. > > Not enough. > I checked the address of the aiport for their web site. > <https://www.milanbergamoairport.it/en/> > surprise, surprise, it's different: > Milan Bergamo Airport > > Via Orio al Serio 49/51 > 24050 Grassobbio (BG) Italia > Gmaps finds this and puts the pointer to the same place on the grass in the airfield, put the routing goes to a different point, further away from the drop off parking. I could not test this address with OSM, because it was "not recognised". (my conclusion follows in a separate mail)
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