[OSM-talk] Business listings

[Lars Aronsson]

Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

> I do think that OSM should tap into government sources. Every 
> country must have some kind of business registry that could be 
> cross-referenced with house numbers.

Did you try to get hold of such a list?  Was it useful?

I'm an independent computer consultant. In the tax registry, I'm 
an "educational venture".  Maybe your map would show my home 
address as a school building?  I guess most restaurants are just 
"restaurants" in the business registry, so you wouldn't know which 
serve pizza or Chinese, or which are open for lunch or closed on 
Mondays.  Most businesses would register the postal address where 
they receive mail from tax authorities, not the shop front door.


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  Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
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