[Talk-GB] Amenity Editing

[Steve Hill]

On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Jack Stringer wrote:

>> There is also an issue of keeping the data up to date - having loads of data
>> in OSM is great, but we run the risk of it going stale if we're not careful.
>
> In that case you might as well let Google win the war when it comes to
> maps with data on them. Like I said before with such a large userbase
> we should be able to update and fix errors much quicker than Google
> and other routing programs.

I'm not saying "we don't want lots of data", I'm just raising it as a 
potential issue to be discussed.  There may be potential workarounds (for 
example, flagging old data on the rendered map so that people can 
periodically recheck it, etc.).

> By putting the Postcode in we are supply OSM with the postcode to be
> able to give that street a post code, same goes for streets.

Rather than having the postcode in a separate "addr:postcode" tag for each 
building on the street, I would think it would be better to tag the street 
itself with the postcode and then somehow link the buildings with the 
street (relations?)

> For example I want to find a pub called 'The
> King's Head' I can seach for them by country, by City.

This is more or less the same problem as street names - to search for 
"High Street", you need to identify the city that street is in.

> I noticed
> someone say the other day that OSM is about the data not the map. The
> map is a by product of the data. The data that we put in could also be
> used to make a Pub guide, or restaurant guide if people are going to
> have to put in information about a location it maybe worth putting in
> as much as we can find out.

Absolutely - I'm just saying that finding some way of normalising the data 
would be a Good Thing.  There are lots of advantages to having a 
normalised data set, the biggest one I can think of is that if you tag 
much of the addressing information to the street, rather than the 
individual building, then you have automatically provided most of the 
address for *every* building on that street.

  - Steve
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