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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 2009 a project to import data from the New Zealand Government's geospatial agency (LINZ) began (see
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ</a>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 2017 the project began importing street address data from LINZ (see
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ/Address_Import">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/LINZ/Address_Import</a>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However the street address data has never been updated since 2017.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In that time 161,000 new addresses have been created in New Zealand.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I sent an email to the talk-nz mailing list last week, proposing that the New Zealand street address import be continued.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This proposal received entirely positive feedback from the talk-nz mailing list - you can see the discussion here:
<a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-nz/2021/000246.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-nz/2021/000246.html</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As part of this proposal, the existing data in OSM will be compared with the data from the New Zealand Government, so that errors in the data can been corrected.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is a detailed wiki page for this proposal: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/New_Zealand_Street_Addresses_(2021)">
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/New_Zealand_Street_Addresses_(2021)</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In summary: The intention is to use a custom version of the RapiD editor to import the new addresses, and to fix incorrect data in the addresses.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I've created a proof-of-concept which you can try out here: <a href="https://linz-addr.kyle.kiwi">
https://linz-addr.kyle.kiwi</a> - NOTE: it deliberately does not let you upload changesets yet.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a matter of due diligence, I'm forwarding this proposal to the global community.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have time to read the wiki page, I would love to hear feedback on this proposal.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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