[talk-au] Victorian Vicmap Address Import Proposal

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

Great idea, thanks Andrew!

Vic only, or are other states to follow at a later stage?

Thanks

Graeme


On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 22:30, Andrew Harvey via Talk-au <
talk-au at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> I'm working with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) on a proposal
> to import Vicmap addresses for Victoria into OSM. For context, here is the
> statement from the NHVR.
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>     The NHVR is making a substantial investment in the creation of a
> spatially based mapping tool to improve the efficiency and safety standards
> of the Heavy vehicle industry within Australia. As the regulator, we are
> particularly aware that not all heavy vehicles are suitable for all roads,
> and wish to ensure that heavy vehicles are aligned to the most appropriate
> roads wherever possible. To support the principals of open data the NHVR
> has made a decision to utilise OpenStreetMap as its base layer map. As
> such, we want to ensure that OSM is populated with the most accurate and
> rich data possible. Whilst NHVR’s needs are primarily to utilise pickup and
> delivery, depots and farms addresses used by the heavy vehicle industry, we
> are proposing a mass import that looks to populate both commercial and
> residential addresses to support the much more diverse use cases of the
> wider community, as well as our own.
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>     We are excited to work with the open street map community and we look
> forward to any and all feedback sourced from this great community.
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> While my work on this is supported by the NHVR, the community ultimately
> has the say on if this import happens, and how.
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> I've been preparing code and documentation on what I'm proposing for a
> potential import at https://gitlab.com/alantgeo/vicmap2osm/, it's still a
> work in progress at this stage, it will continue to evolved based on
> feedback here and as I continue to work on it. I'm yet to put together a
> formal import plan on the OSM wiki, as I wanted to get community feedback
> first.
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> I'm keen to hear any feedback for this potential import, or answer any
> questions.
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> Andrew Harvey
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