[Talk-us] Imports

[Brian May]

On 11/29/2012 9:33 PM, Richard Welty wrote:
> On 11/29/12 9:26 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>> Several people have responded with examples of state/local address 
>> data to
>> import into OSM. Are these address *points* or address *ranges*?
>>
> my plan is to obtain permission to import, where available, the enhanced
> 911 address _points_ for various counties in New  York State. these data
> sets have a very high reputation for accuracy and i intend to apply 
> considerable
> quality control to the import, as my ultimate goal is to supply 
> accurate GPS
> maps to first responders in NYS. the quality requirement is very high for
> such an application.
>
> richard
>
To add to what Richard is saying, many local governments use 911 
services as a major justification for creating these address point 
layers. In addition, many government services are tied to addresses and 
gain significant efficiencies by having accurate addresses, both 
spatially and tabularly. A lot of money and sweat equity has been put 
into these efforts. An example describing Lake County FL efforts:
http://www.lakecountyfl.gov/pdfs/gis/case_study_GISAddressingStreetsLayersEnhancements.pdf

Brian