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<p>I don't quite understand why, outside of a specialized keyboard,
you are reinventing the wheel (and fragmenting available
development resources, OK, I suppose that is one of the hallmarks
of OSM development which unluckily get rewarded time and time
again). Vespucci:</p>
<p>- allows you to directly enter address for upload, aka enter
once, no 2nd pass needed at home<br>
</p>
<p>- automatically will download existing data (so that you don't
accidentally duplicate existing data)</p>
<p>- can highlight missing tags, for example addresses</p>
<p>- has all the background and overlay layers from ELI available <br>
</p>
<p>- has address prediction that will automatically detect odd /
even address schemes and increment and is street side aware</p>
<p>- allows you to configure which address tags should be set on
addresses (this tends to be a question of national preference)</p>
<p>- handles addr:street and addr:place <br>
</p>
<p>- seeds address tags values from existing data<br>
</p>
<p>- and many other things like conflict resolution and so on.</p>
<p>All since more than half a decade (actually 7 years).<br>
</p>
<p>Yes, as said, it is true that it doesn't have a specialized
keyboard, but as you typically only have to type in a small number
of numbers per street, if any at all, the pain isn't really large
enough to offset the complexity caused by i18n support that would
be required. But we even have an issue for that
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/MarcusWolschon/osmeditor4android/issues/574">https://github.com/MarcusWolschon/osmeditor4android/issues/574</a> and
if somebody wants to put the effort (see i18n problems) a PR would
be gladly accepted.</p>
<p>Simon<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 22.01.2021 um 12:25 schrieb
ipswichmapper--- via talk:<br>
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<div>Hello openstreetmap community, <br>
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<div>I have been writing an android application that should make
it significantly easier to collect housenumbers. <br>
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<div><br>
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<div>Now, finally, I have released an apk on Github (you'll find
it under the "assets" tab):<br>
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<div><br>
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<div><a
href="https://github.com/IpswichMapper/SwiftAddress/releases"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/IpswichMapper/SwiftAddress/releases</a><br>
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<div><br>
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<div>
<div>Make sure you check the releases page because I'll be
releasing updates that improve functionality and fix bugs.<br>
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<div><br>
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</div>
<div>I have written about the app in more detail in my diary
entry:<br>
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<div><br>
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<div><a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/IpswichMapper/diary/395413"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/IpswichMapper/diary/395413</a><br>
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<div>The app starts up as a simple OSMdroid map. The way you place
housenumbers is by moving the crosshair (which is in the middle
of the screen) above the building outline of the housenumber you
are trying to map. You then add the housenumber using the
keypad.<br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>The advantage of this is that the housenumbers are already in
the right place when surveying. There is no need to clean up the
messy data (like with Keypad Mapper 3) or draw housenumbers
(like with Streetcomplete). All that needs to be done is to load
the data into JOSM and then upload. (In the future direct upload
might be supported). <br>
</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Of course, most times building outlines aren't drawn in OSM,
so you can't tell from OSM imagery where the postition of the
building/house is. For this I plan on implementing satellite
background imageries into the app, so that you can use that to
find the position of the house. (I need to know how to implement
that first, however, and what imagery/tms I can use)<br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>You can also has a few more features, for example,
auto-incrementing, and the ability to take notes. I have
described the app in more detail in the diary entry. <br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks,<br>
</div>
<div>IpswichMapper<br>
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