[Talk-us] US Addressing

[Brian May]

On 11/28/2012 6:35 PM, Ian Dees wrote:
> 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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I support this 1000%. 2013 should be the year of the addresses for OSM 
in the US. Addresses are sorely needed in a big way. And there's tons of 
accurate info that local governments have spent millions collecting 
already (could be hundreds of millions). I was just reading an old 
thread from last year on importing address info based on parcels. I can 
help in many areas of Florida. GIS data in FL is essentially public 
domain. We have very liberal open records laws. I already have parcels 
for the whole state, which all include site addresses (many have city 
and zipcode as well) as well as address points for several counties. 
There's a few counties with building outlines as well. For those, we 
could do some pre-processing to attach addresses to buildings and import 
that, at least for the counties where individual address points are not 
available and for parcels with one building. Multiple buildings and 
addresses per parcel are another issue.

In the spreadsheet, would it make more sense to have the records by 
county, and split out into cities where necessary? In Florida, its the 
county govmts and county property appraisers that create / maintain 
parcels and addresses databases. I know that is not the case in some NE 
states, though.

Brian
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