<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Glenn Plas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glenn@byte-consult.be" target="_blank">glenn@byte-consult.be</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">It is cool, I aggree... but what is the real reason to want this I wonder?</span><br>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I work on OSM because I think it's cool, so I'd work on this for the same reason. :)</div><div>No added value for the map, I think, but might be interesting for people who study history, city growth, and other such disciplines.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Should be easy enough to convert OSM data to shapefiles, either with GIS tools or through custom scripts. I'm in the middle of a move, but if I can find some time I'll give it some thought.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Glenn, you say there is no 1:1 map between OSM and CRAB. I'm not familiar with the CRAB data, so could you share where the problem is, for instance with using house numbers as Pieter suggests? Maybe working on this project could lead to an improvement of the synchronization between CRAB and OSM data?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Jw</div></div></div></div>