[Talk-GB] Kent Pharmacy, OSM Validation

[TimSC]

I have given the site a face lift:

http://toolserver.org/~timsc/locateservices/

Is there anyone interesting in testing a beta on a different data set? I 
would supply the code and help to try to get it imported. Basic HTML 
would be good but not necessary. They would also need somewhere to host 
it (with PHP enabled) - like the OSM dev server.

Regarding importing with clashes against nearby shops, I would say that 
is a reason FOR doing an import, as it shows the deficiencies in the 
existing data!

TimSC

On 28/05/11 14:33, Ed Avis wrote:
> TimSC<mapping at ...>  writes:
>
>> I have done further investigations. As I said, the national dataset has
>> about 90% of pharmacies exactly located. But in the Kent data set does
>> not include this precise data and instead has the postcode centre as the
>> pharmacy position. IMHO, if we can get permission for the national level
>> data set, we should import/merge the good 90% (and manually survey the
>> remainder).
> If pharmacies are just points with lat/lon, it is not always simple to import
> into the existing map, even if we knew the position were entirely accurate.
> The road network in OSM has some margin for error so a pharmacy might end up
> on the wrong side of the road.  In areas with buildings, the pharmacy node might
> appear in the next-door building by mistake.
>
> That said, if you are looking for a pharmacy, it is certainly more useful to have
> one within a five metre accuracy rather than no data at all.  So I would still
> be in favour of adding the data.
>