[Talk-us] Road name update challenges

Clifford Snow clifford at snowandsnow.us
Sat Mar 2 15:19:19 UTC 2019


On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 5:27 AM Mike N <niceman at att.net> wrote:

> On 3/1/2019 12:49 PM, Clifford Snow wrote:
> >
> > One caution - when doing a building/address import a few years ago, we
> > discovered errors in the counties address database. They had different
> > street names from address street names. The street names matched the
> > street signs but the addresses had a different street name. These were
> > reported to the county
>
>     Did you find that the addresses tended to be more correct in your
> case?   In the few cases I cross checked against a business mailing
> address, the address seemed to be correct.
>

Yes - the address are a good indicator of street name. They were found
using the JOSM mapcss paint style that colors by the street name.

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