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OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles

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timwis ◴[] No.42185659[source]
Does anyone know if vector tiles could carry adequate data to facilitate reverse geocoding (address lookup)? E.g. the polygon of a building containing its street address in its metadata. I’m surprised I haven’t seen that before, as reverse geocoding services can get expensive, though I wonder if it’s because I’ve misunderstood how vector tiles actually work.
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1. lxgr ◴[] No.42185837[source]
Possibly, but why would you want to do this client side? This seems like the type of operation that makes much more sense in "OSM space", not vector graphics space.