<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>I don't see what could be arguments against it. The data will be trickled in as contributors verify it.<br><br></div>It will probably take a few years to complete, but there is no rush. Contributors who use this as a source are likely to also add building contours drawn from aerial imagery and POI information.<br><br></div>It's an import in the sense that the data comes from an outside source, but it's not like all that data will simply be dumped into OSM, never to look back at it again or without integrating it with the data we already have.<br><br></div>Jo<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-12-10 20:03 GMT+01:00 Sander Deryckere <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sanderd17@gmail.com" target="_blank">sanderd17@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Bump again. <br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-12-07 18:26 GMT+01:00 Serge Wroclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emacsen@gmail.com" target="_blank">emacsen@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Sander,<br>
<br>
It's the weekend, give folks some time to read and digest. :)<br>
<br>
- Serge<br>
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On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Sander Deryckere <<a href="mailto:sanderd17@gmail.com" target="_blank">sanderd17@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> No comments?<br>
><br>
> 2014-12-06 13:44 GMT+01:00 Sander Deryckere <<a href="mailto:sanderd17@gmail.com" target="_blank">sanderd17@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> Last year, there was already an attempt to import addresses from the<br>
>> Agiv[1] CRAB[2] database into OSM. But it got stuck on some problems.<br>
>><br>
>> So I decided to work out a completely new approach, make tools for it, and<br>
>> document it.<br>
>><br>
>> All documentation about it can be found on the wiki:<br>
>> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AGIV_CRAB_Import" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/AGIV_CRAB_Import</a> and<br>
>> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Using_AGIV_Crab_data" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Using_AGIV_Crab_data</a><br>
>><br>
>> I can't make it clear enough that this will be a slow, community import.<br>
>> Where we allow mappers to get data from Agiv in a convenient format for<br>
>> editing, but where local mappers are the final judge on how to map it in<br>
>> OSM.<br>
>><br>
>> The mapping process is made so that updating data is easy to do. This was<br>
>> a neccesary step, since data changes continuously (about 1000 address<br>
>> modifications per month).<br>
>><br>
>> But all info should be in the documentation, and I hope there are no<br>
>> problems with it.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Sander<br>
>><br>
>> [1]: Agiv: Agency for Geographical Information, Flanders<br>
>> [2]: CRAB: Central Register of Address Files<br>
><br>
><br>
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