[Talk-ca] Metrolinx: OSM Golden Horseshoe Address Data

[Kevin Farrugia]

Afternoon everyone,
Metrolinx is looking at adding missing address ranges - either those that were never added in or those that are in new neighbourhoods.  I believe they're also looking for problems where the street name on the highway doesn't match the address range street name due to spelling mistakes, different sources, etc. 
-Kevin
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message --------From: Adam Martin <s.adam.martin at gmail.com> Date: 2016-01-12  12:50 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Pierre Choffet <peuc at wanadoo.fr> Cc: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Metrolinx: OSM Golden Horseshoe Address Data 
Taking a look around the data in OSM for Toronto, it would appear that the address interpolations have been added via import from CanVec already, Pierre. Which prompts the question as to what, exactly, did the people from Metrolinx mean when they expressed concern about "getting better address ranges than individual points". The current data is in address range format. So are these inadequate (either that they don't cover the correct spaces, are incomplete or missing) or are they looking for addresses to be attached to specific buildings?

Adam 

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Pierre Choffet <peuc at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

  
    
  
  
    Hello,

    

    I'm not sure this message will help, but just in case: here in
    Montreal, we have imported the address layer from CanVec data which
    includes the interpolations. Import is never trivial, but given your
    needs and the improvement of the service for all users it's probably
    a good idea to evaluate this dataset first.

    

    Cheers

    Pierre
    Le 12/01/2016 08:52, Stewart C. Russell
      a écrit :

    
    
      
      Hey,

        

        We had a couple of folks from Metrolinx (the GTHA/Golden
        Horseshoe transit agency) at the Toronto Mappy Hour last night.
        Their Triplinx route planner — http://www.triplinx.ca/
        — consumes OSM data for addresses. They want to find ways to
        work with the community to improve addressing in their service
        area. They're mostly concerned about getting better address
        ranges than individual points.

        

        I don't know what their next steps are, but they seem to be
        approaching the community in a different and slightly better way
        than most agencies.

        

        cheers,

         Stewart

       

      
      

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