[OSM-newbies] Pavements, pedestrian crossings, road widths, house numbers, parking restrictions, speed limits, public transport timetables

[Andy Allan]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Sam Kuper <sam.kuper at uclmail.net> wrote:

> If not, I may have to write my own, which is more or less what I was
> expecting to have to do.

Why? Why not help out and improve one of the existing projects?

> It's nice to see the examples in Karlsruhe. However, in the UK I haven't yet
> found any areas I'm familiar with that have buildings individually drawn on
> the map with addresses assigned.

Well, asking for places that you are familiar with is a bit of a
stretch for me, but if you need to see some mapping in the UK how
about this:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.554681&lon=-1.822458&zoom=18&layers=M

> Are there plans to import addresses in bulk, or is it expected that these
> will be inputted by hand?

It's something we've been mapping for quite some time now, by hand, in
various countries around the world, and I would expect that to
continue.

I'd echo the other statements about getting some experience by mapping
in OSM, before worrying about bulk imports or writing your own routing
engine from scratch.

Cheers,
Andy