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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I ask because I will (hopefully) be
      faced with a comparable problem in 2014 - I will have address data
      with no structure and it's going to be up to me/the client/or
      volunteers to add the buildings (if they want them).<br>
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      I didn't know there were tools in josm for automatically handling
      address/building relations. <br>
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      Randy<br>
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      On 11/24/2013 11:42 AM, Jo wrote:<br>
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            <div>There seems to be a misunderstanding. While it is true
              that the person who is handling the 'import' receives
              points with address data. These contributors have to draw
              buildings around those points based on really good imagery
              we have available.<br>
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            So, calling it an import is probably a misnomer. What we're
            planning to do is use that data as an extra source, a
            convenience. Then do a bit of hard work either relating it
            to existing buildings in OSM or drawing new buildings over
            the nodes. The tools in JOSM automatically transfer the info
            from the 'imported' nodes to the building structures,
            thereby deleting the node.<br>
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          Conflation is handled manually, This is not a problem, as we
          have relatively few addresses to begin with (compared to how
          many there are). Expansion of abbreviations will also be done
          by humans, which will be a lot more reliable than trying to
          code it.<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">2013/11/24 Randal Hale <span dir="ltr"><<a
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I worked
            this summer on an addressing project - all the addresses
            were points. In OSM I've seen discussion on relating the
            address to a structure or putting an address on a structure
            - I would rather keep it as a point within the structure
            (and not relating it to the building) - but that's just me.
            I believe you are just keeping the address as a point and
            not relating it to a structure (I've been trying to keep up
            with your import as a matter of interest).<br>
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            Good luck on getting this done by the way.<br>
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            Randy
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                On 11/24/2013 11:26 AM, Kurt Roeckx wrote:<br>
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                  On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 11:10:48AM -0500, Randal Hale
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                    What's the benefit of tying the address to the
                    structure? I've seen<br>
                    this spoken about quite a bit.<br>
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                  I'm not sure I understand your question.  Why would
                  you want to<br>
                  have a node with the address information when you can
                  do it on<br>
                  the building?  A _house_ number is a number for a
                  house, so it<br>
                  seems obvious to me to add that number to the house.<br>
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                  Kurt<br>
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