United Kingdom addresses preset

These presets allow convenient use of the UK-specific addressing tags described in ​https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom

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Usage

The main UK Address preset coverts all the accepted tags for tagging. There's a second preset that can be use for migrating tags that are deprecated in the UK to better accepted alternatives in the UK schema.

The preset itself

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<presets xmlns="http://josm.openstreetmap.de/tagging-preset-1.0"
  author="achadwick"
  description="United Kingdom addresses"
  shortdescription="UK Addresses"
  version="1.10_2024-07-22"
  >
<group name="Annotation">

    <!-- UK address -->
    <item name="UK Address"
      preset_name_label="true"
      icon="stamp1-16.svg"
      icon_size="48"
      type="node,way,closedway,multipolygon"
    >

    <link href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom"/>

    <optional text="Premises">
      <!-- Sub-building name -->
      <text key="addr:unit"
        text="Single Unit (&quot;Flat 1&quot;, &quot;Unit B&quot;, &quot;17&quot;)"
        match="key"
      />
      <text key="addr:flats"
        text="Multiple Units (e.g. &quot;3-7;10;14;16-18&quot;)"
        match="key"
      />

      <!-- Building name/number -->
      <text key="addr:housename"
        text="Building Name"
        match="key"
      />
      <text key="addr:housenumber"
        auto_increment="-2,-1,+1,+2"
        text="Building Number"
        match="key"
      />
    </optional>

    <optional text="Thoroughfare. Street-based if possible, non-street-based if needed.">

      <text key="addr:substreet"
        use_last_as_default="true"
        text="Non-Street grouping"
        match="key"
      />
      <text key="addr:street"
        use_last_as_default="true"
        text="Street (closest)"
        match="key"
      />
      <text key="addr:parentstreet"
        use_last_as_default="true"
        text="Street (parent, if needed)"
        match="key"
      />
    </optional>

      <optional text="Locality. Subareas include hamlets/villages/towns/suburbs. One intermediate max.">
        <text key="addr:suburb"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="Optional: Subarea (of Post Town)"
          match="key"
        />
        <text key="addr:hamlet"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="Rare: Intermediate (if hamlet)"
          match="key"/>
        <text key="addr:village"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="Rare: Intermediate (if village)"
          match="key"
        />
        <text key="addr:town"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="Rare: Intermediate (if town)"
          match="key"
        />
        <text key="addr:city"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="Required: Post Town (or city)"
          match="key"
        />
        <space />
        <text key="addr:postcode"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="Postcode"
          match="key"
        />
      </optional>
    </item>


    <!-- Addresses with tags that are deprecated in the UK -->

    <item
      name="UK Address: Deprecated Tags"
      preset_name_label="true"
      icon="stamp2-16.svg"
      icon_size="48"
      type="node,way,closedway,multipolygon">

      <link href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Addresses_in_the_United_Kingdom#Tags_to_avoid"/>

      <optional text="Avoid: too vague, or they duplicate approved tags">
        <text key="addr:terrace"
          text="Terrace [1]"
          match="key"
        />
        <text
          key="addr:place"
          text="Place [1, 2]"
          match="key"
        />
        <text
          key="addr:locality"
          text="Locality [2]"
          match="key"
        />
        <text
          key="addr:site"
          text="Site [1]"
          match="key"
        />
      </optional>

      <optional text="Avoid: the UK doesn't have these administrative area types">
        <text key="addr:subdistrict"
          text="Sub-district [2]"
          match="key"
        />
        <text key="addr:province"
          text="Province"
          match="key"
        />
        <text key="addr:state"
          text="State"
          match="key"
        />
      </optional>

      <optional text="Not needed: OSM admin boundaries are sufficient">
        <text key="addr:district"
          text="Local Authority"
          match="key"
        />
        <text key="addr:county"
          text="County"
          match="key"
        />
        <text key="addr:country"
          text="Country"
          match="key"
        />
      </optional>

      <!--
        Make it easier to replace deprecated tags with accepted ones
        by putting the most common accpeted alternatives here.
      -->

      <optional text="Hint: consider replacing [1]s and [2]s above with…">

        <text key="addr:substreet"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="[1] Non-Street grouping"
          match="none"
        />

        <text key="addr:suburb"
          use_last_as_default="true"
          text="[2] Subarea of Post Town"
          match="none"
        />

        <space />

        <preset_link
          preset_name="UK Address"
          text="Or use one of the accepted tags from the full list:"
        />
      </optional>

    </item>

  </group>
</presets>

Presets_UnitedKingdomAddresses-preset.xml, Presets_UnitedKingdomAddresses.zip