<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div> If the addresses are in the data as well, we don't really need to use the lat/lon coordinates. The best way to use this kind of data, is to use it as one of several sources. So a direct import is out of the question, but using it as a shortcut and combining with what we already have plus aerial imagery plus possibly an extra lookup in other sources could be considered.<br></div><br>Of course, we don't want to be a front end for SEO techniques, so maybe the data needs to be pruned from overly commercial information and descriptions, before it is useful to us.<br><br></div>I'm downloading it too, but it takes a while. I can probably figure out a way to convert it into something usable (at a technical level).<br><br></div>Polyglot<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-11-09 2:53 GMT+01:00 Brian May <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmay@mapwise.com" target="_blank">bmay@mapwise.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="m_7279198783775680427moz-cite-prefix">Its critical to know where the
lat/longs came from. For example, if they came from Google Maps -
then its a no go, because Google's licensing is incompatible with
OSM. Their geocodes are not public domain, etc. Same thing applies
to many / most other commercial geocoding services. If you don't
know how the lat/longs were derived, then that is probably a show
stopper as well. <br>
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On 11/8/2017 1:53 PM, Sean Lindsey wrote:<br>
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have open sourced our US POI data, it may not be ready for a
direct import into OSM, but we'd be willing to try to get it
there.</p>
<p style="border:medium none;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:18.2px;max-width:700px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif">Its
a national directory of 59 million US businesses, that has
been updated as of this summer. And should be getting another
refresh shortly.</p>
<p style="border:medium none;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:18.2px;max-width:700px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif">What
process is there to discuss and work to integrate this data?</p>
<p style="border:medium none;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:18.2px;max-width:700px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif">The
data is available under a creative commons attribution license
at <a href="https://omniplaces.cybo.com/" style="color:rgb(48,96,168);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">https://omniplaces.cybo.<wbr>com/</a></p>
<p style="border:medium none;margin:0px 0px 13px;padding:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:18.2px;max-width:700px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif">I
would be willing to waive and/or clarify certain aspects of
the licence if needed however.</p>
<div>* I asked this same question in <a href="https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/60508/submit-open-source-poi-data" target="_blank">help.openstreetmap.org</a>, and was
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