[OSM-talk-be] Nice visualization of how old buildings are

[Glenn Plas]

On 08-01-14 19:19, Pieter Colpaert wrote:
> Hi OSM-BE!
>
> I've been in touch with the people who made this: 
> http://citysdk.waag.org/buildings/#52.6395,6.2106,14
>
> They said we can do the same thing, as long as we have the shape file 
> of the buildings (probably kadaster) as open data and the year the 
> houses were built. The latter is available in the dataset of CRAB, as 
> we know when the number in the street was registered.
>
> Is this feasible for BE? We can load our data in their system :)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Pieter 

Asside from being pretty cool, what added value does this represent for 
OSM, directly on indirectly?   There is still tons of the most basic 
work to do (maxspeeds, housenumbers, <blanks to fill in>).   It would 
still be a massive undertaking as CRAB buildings do not map 1 on 1 on 
OSM data.

It is cool, I aggree...  but what is the real reason to want this I wonder?

Glenn