[mkgmap-dev] address search and road names with refs

Fri Mar 20 05:29:23 GMT 2015

Hi all,

in Germany I've never seen or heard an address
that uses the road ref. 
Within cities the roads all have a sign giving
a name, the address is written as

<street name> <house number>
<zip code> <city name>

In small hamlets, the address is written as something like

<hamlet> <house number>
<zip code> <nearby larger city>

and you may not find any road named
<hamlet> in it (means, no road name signs)
Some OSM users are tagging that with
the addr:place tag, some are adding
a name=<hamlet> to all roads in the hamlet.
For sure, nobody will use the ref here.

In short:
I don't want to see the ref when I am searching for an address.
If possible, I want to see it and be able to search for it 
when searching for a road.
It should also appear when the map is rendered.

I have no idea if that requires changes in the java code,
or in the default style, on in both.

Gerd

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