This speaks to the message I just posted to the list: I believe Richard F's inspiration was SteveC's post suggesting we import TIGER (*range*) data, and apply it to ways. OTHO, I believe Ian (also prompted by SteveC) is suggesting importing local address (*point*) data, and applying it to buildings and parcels. <br>
<br>Several people have responded with examples of state/local address data to import into OSM. Are these address *points* or address *ranges*?<br><br clear="all">-- SEJ, <br>-- twitter: @geomantic<br>-- skype: sejohnson8<br>
<br>"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." -- Einstein<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Ian Dees <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com" target="_blank">ian.dees@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
(Changing the subject because we seemed to have gotten side-tracked to imports rather than collecting address information)<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Serge Wroclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emacsen@gmail.com" target="_blank">emacsen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Ian Dees <<a href="mailto:ian.dees@gmail.com" target="_blank">ian.dees@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I really don't want to support a complete TIGER address import unless our<br>
> effort at finding "real" local addressing data fails in some places.<br>
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</div>I believe that Richard was speaking about TIGER in the sense of the<br>
style of import, rather than about the dataset itself.<br>
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The issues around TIGER were that it gave us a boost initially, but<br>
we've been also dealing with the consequences of that import for<br>
years, and I think Richard is suggesting that we consider our actions<br>
carefully.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>All actions have consequences. Did importing TIGER hamper the OSM community building in the US or did poor advocacy? Maybe it was the existing vast, free data ecosystem? Maybe it was simply the sheer size of the country? </div>
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> Just about all the data I've seen is unexpanded. We'll probably have to deal<br>
> with that on a per-county basis (assuming we're not importing TIGER).<br>
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</div>Yes, but it's an excellent point- one that should go along with any data import.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, we can talk about an import process once we start talking about importing the addresses. </div>
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