<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:SimSun;
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@SimSun";
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Liberation Serif";
panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Lucida Sans";
panose-1:2 11 6 2 3 5 4 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-autospace:ideograph-other;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Liberation Serif",serif;
mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="FR-BE" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hello everyone, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The SIAMU (fire brigade and of urgent medical aid of the Brussels Region) presently uses OpenStreetMap in several of its applications, in particular to define preferential routes for emergency vehicles in Brussels. We
work at the moment with Champs Libres to ensure a regular and effective integration of OSM updates in our internal applications.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">One of the problems we run into is related to street names. The SIAMU have its own dictionary of street names which we have associated with OSM road network using the ‘name’ tag. But we have some difficulties in maintaining
this link throughout the updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">All things considered, the best solution for us would be to add some reference identifier to every OSM highway in Brussels. That would allow us to maintain the link with our internal street dictionary, even when the tag
‘name’ is modified. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">There are several possibilities for a reference id. We suggest choosing the national register number for public road network (made of the zip code + a road number). This code would have the advantage to be also usable
outside Brussels Region. Moreover, anyone who wants to make the link between OSM and any administrative data containing this national register number could re-use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We would like to ask for advice to the OSM community on several questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- Do you think that a new tag ‘ref:natreg’ could be used?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- In certain cases, several numbers of national register are associated to the street (when the street follows or crosses one or several municipal limits). In this case, it is preferable to use several tags or to use
a single tag with a separator (";") between the different reference numbers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">- Do you think that an automatic import of these national register numbers for Brussels Road network could be realized?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Of course, we also plan to contribute to improve OSM objects used by the emergency services. A wikipage could be created listing all the tags that we consider important for our applications. We see a real added-value
in using OSM in our applications (especially in term of data updates) and we hope for a fruitful collaboration!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nadia Poncelet (for SIAMU)<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>