[Imports] Arkansas address point import

[Mike N]

On 1/25/2011 12:14 PM, Nathan Mills wrote:
> I propose to import the situs address points available from Geostor

   I'd recommend creating a page on the Wiki for this import - link to 
it from the base Arkansas page 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Arkansas ; new local mappers should 
arrive here to learn about past and future mapping projects.

   It's handy to use a dedicated OSM account for import - this can help 
with troubleshooting or syncing future imports.

> (http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=situs+address). I have
> confirmed with that this data is public domain, and spot checks of its
> accuracy in areas I'm personally familiar with show that the vast
> majority of the points are of high accuracy.

   The address points will be more accurate than many of the roads. 
This could result in confusion for beginners when roads drift through a 
line of address points, but they should be able to see from aerial 
imagery that the road needs to be realigned.   And there will be an 
ongoing effort to update and align the roads based on either TIGER 2010 
or the Arksanas geo clearinghouse.

> I'm open to suggestions as to how to better tag the points if anyone has
> any ideas.

   I spot checked in one location, and I'd say it is tagged correctly. 
  One point for discussion:

    source= for each data point.   One might argue that the source= is 
only required on the changeset comment.   This avoids the confusion  of 
someone correcting an address point but not updating the source= tag. 
That also saves space in the database.   The changeset comment can 
contain a link to the import page.

   I see that the addr:street names have been un-abbreviated, so that 
they should match the new roads when they are updated.