[Talk-us] US Addressing

[Ian Dees]

Hi folks,

So SteveC's blog post sparked a bit of conversation today:
http://stevecoast.com/2012/11/28/openstreetmap-addressable/

I'd love to see OSM US lead the way on collecting high quality addressing
data from as many places as possible and throw it in to OSM. To that end I
started with this spreadsheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsVnlPsfrhUIdEVZTzVFalFYYnlvTkc0R05wcUpsWVE

I think we should crowd-source an effort to collect as much local
addressing data as possible, convert it to OSM format, and import it.
Obviously we should do it in a controlled manner and follow the usual
import guidelines, but a *large* part of the work is in collecting the data
in the first place and convincing municipalities to license it to us in a
compatible manner.

Is anyone else interested in this? I could use some help gathering
volunteers to the cause.

-Ian
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