[talk-au] Fwd: [Government 2.0 Taskforce Suggestion Box] - [New Idea] - PSMA's GNAF systemere

Peter Ross peter at emailross.com
Wed Sep 23 09:30:21 BST 2009


As part of Gov 2.0 initiative, they are soliticing ideas of what datasets to
make available.

Here is one that would be of interest to OSM.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Government 2.0 Taskforce Suggestion Box <contact at gov2.net.au>
Date: Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Subject: [Government 2.0 Taskforce Suggestion Box] - [New Idea] - PSMA's
GNAF system
To: peter at emailross.com


Idea: PSMA's GNAF system
Author: steven.mceachern

http://www.psma.com.au/products/gnaf.cfm

According to the PSMA website:
"G-NAF® (Geocoded National Address File) is Australia’s first authoritative
geocoded address index for the whole country, listing all valid physical
addresses in Australia. It contains approximately 12.6 million physical
addresses, each linked to its unique geocode (that is, the specific latitude
and longitude of the address). Data used to build G-NAF® comes from
contributors that include the Australian Electoral Commission, Australia
Post, state, territory and Australian Government mapping agencies and land
registries.

G-NAF® is the single, national authoritative source for:

   * validating customer-provided addresses (assisting in fraud prevention)
   * identifying the geocode for spatial analysis (creating maps to plot and
analyse services and customer locations), and
   * assembling and maintaining large address files (reducing duplication
and costs, increasing efficiency and improving mail delivery)."

Enabling access to this dataset would facilitate the linking of
georeferenced information (datasets, reports, etc.) to relevant locations
for mapping and research purposes.

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