[Talk-us] US Addressing

[Ian Dees]

Sorry, I should have made this clearer: I made the document read-only
because I didn't want griefers hopping in there. If you're interested in
helping at all please give me your e-mail address and I'll add you as an
editor.


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> 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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