[Talk-us] Karlruhe Scheme addressing ways from 2009 TIGER data - Discussion

[Travis Rayhons]

Dave and Talk-US,

I requested my local area from Dave and have reviewed the information that
was provided.  I was sent two versions and I'll provide comments and
questions on both versions.  I know that some of this has already been
discussed but I'm adding my opinions to the discussion.

OSM1 - This version has additional ways alongside the highway=* ways.

1)  I like this version as it is adding new information to the map.  For
areas that have already been repositioned and "fixed", you can move these
new ways into the appropriate locations if they don't already match up.

2)  For areas that haven't been "fixed", it now makes the job 200% more work
since three ways need to be corrected instead of just one way.

OSM2 - This version has the address information tagged into the highway=*
ways.

1) How do you see this information being imported into OSM where existing
TIGER data already exists?  For instance, I know that I've added roads to
OSM that didn't exist in the first TIGER import.  I noticed that they exist
in the OSM2 file that you provided me.  How would those roads be matched up
to assign the new address information to them?

A) With either version is the intention to eventually remove the generic
address information for specific addresses of locations?  I can see as the
mapping increases that more buildings and locations will be mapped with
specific addresses.  What is the intention here where two addressing schemes
(a general and specific addressing) will be used?  This should be spelled
out in the wiki for all mappers to refer to.

B) With either version, does this allow me to search for addresses in my
GPS?  If so, could someone provide some assistance to me in how to do that?
I've manually added a way of each version to OSM to test this out on my
GPS.  However, I was unsuccessful with using mkgmap to allow my GPS to
search for any addresses within the ranges I manually added.  It is possible
that this isn't the intended result.  If it isn't the intended result, what
is the intended result other than having this data in OSM?

If it were up to me, my preference would be to use OSM2.  However, I see
that this could be a big challenge with an automated import.  To further
suggest a solution, which could be used for either version, provide the
files to local mappers who can either confirm the auto import or choose to
manually add the address data for their region.  I would stick with one
address scheme so that the whole country uses one scheme throughout.


On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote:

> So, just like the original TIGER import, I'm now grossly stealing
> someone else's code:
>
>
> http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/utils/import/tiger2osm/shape_to_osm-Tiger.py
>
> and I now have made some .osm files with Karlruhe Scheme addressing
> ways.  I'm not going to post them publicly.  I did that for the original
> TIGER, and some enterprising folks took them and uploaded without
> mentioning it to anyone and it turned into a big mess with no
> coordination.
>
> If anyone wants to see the data for their county, let me know.  I'll
> send you a copy of what I have.  All you have to do is convince me that
> you'll never upload these initial data under any circumstances. :)
>
> We'll work on making sure that these data look good and I think some
> people have some plans on how to get these integrated a bit at a time.
>
> -- Dave
>
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Travis Rayhons
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