[Talk-us] [Imports] [Talk-ca] TIGER considered harmful

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Sun Nov 15 23:54:01 GMT 2009


On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-11-15 at 18:11 -0500, Kate Chapman wrote:
>> What's wrong with doing automated addressing imports in situations
>> where we have point level address data?
>
> The issue is that it may not line up with the roads at all.

Well, address locations don't always line up with roads.  That's not a
bug, that's a feature.  Though I suspect you mean something else, and
I'm not sure quite what it is.

> We also
> need to ensure that we *find* the roads to which it refers to ensure
> that we get the relations done properly.

There's no need for relations, which I would think you'd be aware of,
since you're not using relations with your TIGER address import

> If people find a way to do that, it shouldn't be a problem.

http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.075065&lon=-82.549245&zoom=18&layers=B000FTTT




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