[Imports-us] DWG Action on Blacksburg, VA Building and Address Import

[Clifford Snow]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. Address duplication
> 2. Undocumented tagging
> 3. Points as addresses on non-entrances
>
> The most severe issue is #1. If it's an issue of apartments or suites,
> that seems understandable but like something to address.
>

>From a look at the duplicates, it looks like apartments buildings with
address nodes for each of the units but without the addr:unit tag. The good
news is the the unit number can be found in the bbg:unit_number tag for
some of the dups. A note could be added to the building asking for cleanup
of tags and adding addr:unit. (see my comments on item 2)

>
> #2 - The tagging, the exranious tags don't seem to add anything,
> they're just the address formatted differently. I'm not saying we
> should delete them en mass, but if we modify objects, I think that it
> makes sense to remove them.
>


I agree, except to change bbq:unit_number to addr:unit if a site survey
indicates that these are correct. Mass conversion without verifying the
data wouldn't be appropriate.

>
> #3 I don't get the sense when I look at this that the points are all
> on the addresses. Maybe I'm mistaken and they are. If they are, we
> should tag them as entrances. If they're not, then it seems like the
> best thing to do would be to merge them with the buildings, like we've
> done in most other places.
>

That makes sense. Again, someone needs to see if they are entrances or just
points.

There is a fourth problem with the data. Some of the addresses contain
direction suffix/prefix while the streets do not. The questions is, who is
right? For example, addresses along Patrick Henry Drive are shown as
Patrick Henry Drive Northwest and Northeast. OSMI shows a number of naming
problems.

 Hopefully we can get the original importer and people like Jimmy Carter to
help fix these problems. Serge, maybe you could ask for help on the talk-us
mailing list. This not a project for an armchair mapper. Onsite surveys are
needed. It is a doable fix.

Clifford



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