[OSM-talk] Steve's better map

[Nick Whitelegg]

One concern I have as a user of, primarily, road path and POI data, is the growing size of the planet file that addressing data would cause.

If we are to focus on addresses more, then I think we do need to produce planet extracts with just the basic street and POI data, so that those of us who are primarily interested in that data and do not have powerful servers can get hold of that data easily.

Nick

-----RB <tanrub at gmail.com> wrote: -----
To: Jason Remillard <remillard.jason at gmail.com>
From: RB <tanrub at gmail.com>
Date: 31/10/2014 08:38AM
Cc: Jukka Rahkonen <jukka.rahkonen at latuviitta.fi>, OSM Talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Steve's better map

I second that.

While it is true that OSM is definitely more that an addressable map, addresses are, indeed, very helpful and even necessary. For various reason, they constitute a weakness in the current project growth and emphasizing the need to survey them / negotiate import with relevant authorities is a good thing.



On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 2:24 AM, Jason Remillard <remillard.jason at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

The OpenAddress project is great, but we still need addresses in OSM.
It would make sense to write OSM importing (and updating) software
that is assumes OpenAddress as an input, rather than the raw files
released by official GIS committees. By standardizing on the output of
the OpenAddress project, most of the remaining work needed for an OSM
address import is the same, therefor we have a chance of getting good
OSM import software written and a standardized processes that can be
optimized.

Thought I have never seen this idea expressed on the OSM lists, I
assume this is part of the long term vision for the OpenAddress
project. If a commercial OSM user (or the board) wants to encourage
getting addresses into OSM at a large scale, this would be the way to
go.

Jason

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:27 PM, David Fawcett <david.fawcett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed.  Jukka points to ideas that could enhance OpenAddresses, There is
> some good momentum behind OA already, let's get together and improve that
> project.
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Jukka Rahkonen
>> <jukka.rahkonen at latuviitta.fi> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> With a dedicated database and tools for addresses the route could really
>>> be easier and faster and I would not feel ashamed at all while importing
>>> addresses from this master address database into OSM later.
>>
>>
>> Such a thing already exists! :) I would love to have you contribute to
>> OpenAddresses: http://openaddresses.io/
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