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Clarify address_id when posting a request #52

Open gerometta opened 9 years ago

gerometta commented 9 years ago

It is said "The internal address ID used by a jurisdiction’s master address repository or other addressing system."

but if the open 311 server does not have any kind of "address repository" how it is possible to accept requests with only this adresse_id without lat & long or address_string ?

I think the server must reject a request if this field is filled only. Those who have to solve the problems and have to answer to the request need a correct information.

milovanderlinden commented 8 years ago

In the Netherlands, we have an official "Address authority"; we have a national database of addresses and buildings called BAG. All cities are obliged to reference this database.

For our use case, if we could add "address_source" "address_object"

That would be good already.

In our case, an address identification (for example) could then be: "address_source": "BAG", "address_object": "NUMMERAANDUIDING" "address_id": "0772200000006240"

Which in the BAG database resolves to the address "Stadhuisplein 1, Eindhoven"

The address database with OpenStreetMap is growing too. Another use case, using the same structure is when an address is taken from one of the OpenStreetMap Geocoding engines.

"address_source": "OSM" "address_object": "node" "address_id": "276527953"

Which, again, resolves to "Stadhuisplein 1 Eindhoven", but this time from the OpenStreetMap database.

So in my opinion, we might have to enhance the address possibilities for the next version of the GeoReport definition.