[OSM-talk] Addresses and POI

[Chris Hill]

Jack Stringer wrote:
> If I was to get a copy of the Electoral Roll, could I use that to get
> a list of House Names, Street Names, and Postcodes and then use that
> to create a tick list of houses. If we have a list of stuff that we
> know should exist then we could use it to make sure the map has all
> the data for the area. I have looked at the feed the postcode site and
> though it provided
> postcodes it does not help us work out what areas still need postcode
> data adding to them etc. It would be nice to have a list of postcodes
> that we have and a list we should have then do some math and we have a
> list of the ones we need to find
> This I think could also expand to other POI stuff. For example it
> would only take a short wile to get all the addresses of Burger Kings
> in the UK. If the BK is already mapped then we could add the address
> to the POI so giving us another known postcode location. If it is not
> mapped we could add a link to the town that we need to locate the BK.
> It does not need to be just BK but it could be National Trust Sites,
> English Heritage Sites. Someone in the head offices of these
> firms/organisations is going to have a list of sites with full address
> and they are likely to be happy for us to have the data because if
> their hotels, restaurants are all on the the map of choice then they
> will benefit exp. as its free. Google does have a facility for
> companies to add their locations in bulk.
>
> If I gathered the address info from their website then that should not
> be an issue, should it?
>   
Yes it is an issue - the few that I have looked at have terms and 
conditions that specifically restrict reuse without written permission - 
you should expect this on most organisations' websites. 
> If I was to get some of this data would there be a copyright issues?
>   
They also hold (and claim) copyright on the pages of their sites so 
written permission is required before any such data are used for OSM.
> Is it worth me making a wiki page with some of the info? So people
> could check of places that have been found and done.
>
> I guess a future website would be the ability for firms to add their
> own info to the map. Using a form and a OSM window so they can put
> their address in and add the location plus the usual info. But I don't
> have the geek powers for that.
>
>   
People, companies, organisations can already add anything to the 
database right now.  They could render a map (or pay someone to do it) 
with their locations on.

Cheers, Chris