[OSM-newbies] Gaping hole in the Pittsburgh Metro Area

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 18:13 -0400, John Lewis wrote:
> The geography seems to be correct but, there is huge lack of
> addresses. 
> I can't search and find anything in my suburban neighborhood and
> expect for it to show up in the map. Even worse there are many
> important urban places that are undocumented. I can't find the address
> for  HackPittsburgh (1936 5th Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15219) and have it
> show up and it existed for 4 years now. I can't find TechShop
> Pittsburgh (192 Bakery Square Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15206) either.

Points of interest such as these usually have to be added one-by-one.
Sometimes GIS data will have points for churches, schools, courthouses,
etc but even then they will often be off by anywhere from a hundred feet
to a significant chunk of a mile.

I try to map at least the ones I care about or that I know are popular.
I also try to update restaurant locations that have closed or re-opened
under new ownership.

> It would be nice if we can put the speed limits of the roads in some 
> format so it can be used with the map, but I don't know enough about
> the map or development to make it happen.

We do have a tagging scheme for speed limits, though a lot of roads are
not tagged yet.

-- 
Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>