[Imports] [Talk-us-newyork] [Imports-us] NYS GIS SAM Address Point Import - Status Update

[Jmapb]

On 6/6/2021 10:22 AM, Skyler Hawthorne via Talk-us-newyork wrote:
> Hey everyone, I'm pleased to announce that I've finished all counties
> outside of NYC! The tally of addresses now stands at: 4,370,743 ...
>
> For NYC, it will require a code update, so it will be a bit before I
> can generate the data, but once I get there, since NYC already has its
> own previous imports, I'll be scrutinizing the data a bit more closely
> to see if there are any special cases to consider with interactions
> with the existing NYC data. If it looks fine, then I'll go ahead and
> import it. If it's too messy or troublesome, then I will leave it out
> now and in the future.
>
> ...
>
> After NYC is done, my next steps are to write up a section on the wiki
> page that provides some guidelines for cleaning up the data. There
> have been a few common questions about how to handle questionable
> data, so I think it will help to have this there in the coming months
> as people encounter these addresses.
>
> After that, I'll be implementing updates on the data. I have so far
> been doing the entire import with data from October 2020, and there is
> already new data to work with for implementing updates.

Congrats Skyler on this impressive import. I was mapping in Yonkers a
few days ago and found myself wishing that the address import had been
completed there to help with some road name ambiguity. Suddenly the
nodes appeared! It was a magic moment.

In your original import proposal you mentioned you might consider
leaving NYC out of the import altogether, since it's already populated
with its own import from city data. If you've changed your mind about
this, I'd ask you to take a very cautious approach here. I have specific
worries if you'd like to hear them, but in general the issue is that
it's super dense with lots of existing data, and that the import will
generate a lot of QA work, and a lot of that will fall to me. Personally
I'd suggest attacking the QA guidelines next, because I imagine that
process will yield some insight on the kinds of issues that have arisen
in denser areas, which might help in tuning your import code.

Viva NY!
Jason

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