[Talk-GB] importing house shapes

[Matt Williams]

On 16 October 2012 22:43, Ed Loach <ed at loach.me.uk> wrote:
> I personally now try to only add buildings having first surveyed to
> collect the house number details, as I figure while the buildings on
> their own look pretty, the addressing information can help routers
> get an accurate destination (and not having unaddressed buildings on
> the map helps me see where still needs surveying). But that's
> probably just me (and another local mapper).

I actually do that in reverse. I first trace all the houses in an area
from Bing and then when I'm out surveying (using either a printed map
or tablet) I'll use those outlines to match against reality. Either
way, I'm very much into adding addressing information these days and I
encourage more people to start adding it.

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Matt Williams
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