Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I updated the wiki page for the CAF with some links to converted OSM files:</div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest/Critical_Addresses#Converted_Files">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest/Critical_Addresses#Converted_Files</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest/Critical_Addresses#Converted_Files"></a>Please put your contact info down on that page if you're working on a state/province/country so we don't get duplicates.</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Steve Coast <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com">steve@asklater.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">


  
    
  
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    huh...<br>
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    please do, would be fun to look<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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    On 3/11/2011 3:01 PM, Ian Dees wrote:
    <blockquote type="cite">I did, but I held off because most of the data wasn't
      very useful (points in the middle of the road or in the middle of
      a field, etc.)
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      <div>When I get home I can upload the files I have.<br>
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          On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Steve Coast <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@asklater.com" target="_blank">steve@asklater.com</a>></span>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> did you do that? I'm
              curious to look at addresses near me and help import
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                  On 3/2/2011 12:59 PM, Ian Dees wrote:
                  <blockquote type="cite">Hi All,
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                    <div>I'm planning on converting these to OSM format
                      in the coming hours and dividing them up into
                      chunks of some size that can be relatively easily
                      checked by humans.</div>
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                    <div>I'll post to the list and to that page with the
                      chunks later.</div>
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                    <div>-Ian<br>
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                      <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at
                        2:55 PM, <a href="mailto:Flambeaux@gmail.com" target="_blank">Flambeaux@gmail.com</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:flambeaux@gmail.com" target="_blank">flambeaux@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                          is providing several address files that
                          contain user-provided<br>
                          latitude and longitude locations across the
                          world. Our users provided<br>
                          these exact locations to us so that they could
                          be mapped correctly on<br>
                          our MapQuest maps.<br>
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                          There are currently three (3) main files - one
                          for the United States,<br>
                          one for Canada and one for Europe.  More
                          information can be found on<br>
                          our wiki page: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest/Critical_Addresses" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest/Critical_Addresses</a><br>
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                          We didn't want to just import these addresses
                          directly into OSM, but<br>
                          wanted them to be available to anyone that
                          wanted to have them.  To be<br>
                          clear:<br>
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                          1. these addresses are user provided<br>
                          2. there is a high degree of ground-truth from
                          these users<br>
                          3. they WANTED to be in the data and be
                          correctly mapped<br>
                          4. we've checked with our lawyers, and yes,
                          you can have them - UNENCUMBERED!<br>
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                          Cheers!<br>
                          <br>
                          Deb Tankersley<br>
                          MapQuest Open Initiative<br>
                          OSM User: hey ok<br>
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