3.5.2. Rules for adding attributes to addresses
This is how the attribute panel for addresses looks:
If you need to enter several address numbers, click Go to advanced mode 
and enter the additional numbers on the expanded attribute panel:
When adding attributes to addresses, follow these rules:
3.5.2.1. Street
In the Street field, enter the name of the item to which the address is linked: street (for addresses linked to the road network, such as Moscow, 9 Marshala Biryuzova Street), square (for example, Moscow, 8 Preobrazhenskaya Square), or administrative division (for addresses linked to administrative divisions, such asZelenograd, 15th subdistrict, building 1510 or Yabedino Village, 45).
If the address is formatted as Nakhimova Square, 2, you should first create a Nakhimova Squareroad structure, and then link the address to it.
Keep in mind that those are not the same as addresses linked to streets (for example, Troitsk, Fabrichnaya Ploshchad Street). In such cases, the address is linked to the street.
If necessary, address points can be linked to other items: stations (for example, Zvenigorod station, 4A), vegetation, or terrain items.
When you fill in the fields, you can choose a name from the list:
If there is no item to link addresses to, create one and link it with all the necessary address points.
When creating a new street (as a linking item), make sure to also link it to the administrative division that it's located in (for more information, see Section 3.3.3.1. Location).
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You cannot link addresses directly to a highway with proper name or a numbered highway.
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If an address in a locality is linked to a named or numbered highway (which in turn is linked to a higher level administrative division), then you should create another road with the same name (whose location must overlap with the road segment inside the locality), assign the locality street type to it, and link the address to that street.
For example, if you want to link an address in the city of Kubinka to the Minsk highway (which is a named highway linked to the Moscow region), you must first create a road named Minsk highway inside Kubinka (i.e. this will be a street linked to Kubinka whose shape overlaps the road section inside the city):
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If an address outside a locality is linked to a numbered highway (e.g., M-1 Highway, 1), then you should create an additional “street in locality” of the same name in the same locality and link the address to it (the road must also be linked to the locality and its shape should overlap the road section inside the locality).
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Address points can't be linked to administrative division units that belong to the “Named territory” category.
3.5.2.2. Number
Enter the house number as the “Official” name.
Follow these rules when entering numbers:
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Make sure that you use characters from the local alphabet in addresses (except for when address designation documents use other characters).
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When writing addresses, use either uppercase or lowercase letters exclusively depending on the country's conventions. For example, all building names should be lowercase, but abbreviations should be uppercase (if that is the custom).
Note.If a country's linguistic conventions state that individual letters must be written in lower case, make sure to follow them when specifying addresses (for example, 8b for France). If no information is available about the country's local rules for letter casing, use uppercase letters.
You can separate the letter from the number using an extra character (but don't use spaces) if this is a documented or local convention. For example: 8/A.
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- House numbers should not contain spaces.Note.
For addresses containing proper names, the use of spaces is not restricted.
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If a building has several options for displaying the same address, the official name should use the one that's used locally, including signs. The alternative naming options should be attributed the “Also known as, historical” type.
For example, if 20/1 Marshal Biryuzov St. is the official name (i.e. that is the form that is used locally), enter 20k1 Marshal Biryuzov St. as an alternative.
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If a corner building has two different addresses, then you should enter two address points.
These address points are connected to two different streets. For example, 20 Tverskaya St. and 1 Nastasinsky Ln.:
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The building is linked to two address points, each of which has two names: the official name and the synonym (i.e. the “also known as, historical” type name).
If a forward slash is used in the form of the address used locally (including on signage), then the official name should include the forward slash (and the name without the sign should be entered under "also known as"). For example, official — 20/1 Tverskaya St. and the "also known as" — 20 Tverskaya St..
If a non-fraction number is used locally, then enter the official name without a fraction (and use the fraction one for the "also known as" option). For example, official — 20 Tverskaya St. and the "also known as" — 20/1 Tverskaya St:
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Addresses without letters are entered on the map in one of the country's official languages.
If a house number without letters is specified in the address point in more than one language, you may keep the extra names, but it's preferable to specify it in only one language.
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You can enter temporary addresses for new buildings that do not have official addresses yet.
Note.Don't delete them from the map after an official address is assigned to the buildings if they correspond to the rules specified in 3.5.1.13.
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In localities and regions where additional details are often included in addresses, but not actually used (such as the letter “A” and details like “building 1” in St. Petersburg addresses), enter official address names without them.
In localities and regions where parent items are often included in addresses, specify the For caption on map name in addition to the official name.
For example, in Naberezhnye Chelny, in addition to the double addresses (by street and by block), the block number is duplicated in the addresses of buildings. That is why the names of items on the map look like this:
Official: 30/3.
Also known as, historical: 12/30/3.
For caption on map: 12/30/3,
where “12” refers to the number of the block the address belongs to.
You can enter addresses like that as Also known as, historical type names.
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Buildings with proper names that are not architectural landmarks are marked by their addresses outside the countries of the former USSR.
For example: small villas, apartments, residential complexes consisting of a single building, private houses.
When adding attributes to such items, the Number field must not include the type of the item (building, complex, apartments, and so on). You can add names with the specified type as synonyms.
3.5.2.3. Zip code.
Postal codes are considered placemarks. The current version only allows for editing shapes of items that's already been created. To create a new zip code or rename an existing one, you'll have to report the item to a moderator.
Zip codes can only be created and used in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan at the moment.
- 3.5.2.3.1. Rules for drawing zip codes
- Depending on the country, the zip code placemark is placed either in the center of the post office with the specified zip code (if a single zip code corresponds to multiple addresses), or the center of the building (if one zip code corresponds to one address).
- 3.5.2.3.2. Rules for adding attributes to zip codes
- Only the zip code ID is specified in the official name (such as 117465 or B00G8P7).
- 3.5.2.3.3. Specifying zip codes in addresses
- Set a zip code value in the Zip code field that's in the Address panel regardless of how many addresses are associated with that zip code. Filling out the Zip code field is optional.
When filling out the field, you are presented with a list of zip codes already added to the map to choose from:
- 3.5.2.3.4. Missing zip codes
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For localities that lack a post office and official postal codes, you can provide the postal code of a nearby locality.
Examples of localities without a post office are gardening co-ops and dacha settlements, as well as undeveloped areas for single-family dwelling construction.
Note.This rule doesn't apply to regions where each address has a unique zip code.
