David, I'm a volunteer contributor to OpenStreetMap. A few of us are working to import addresses into OSM. (Although not all countries have addresses.) I had not considered addresses useful for disaster preparedness. Can you help me understand how address help?
Thanks, Clifford On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 11:41 AM, David Hiers <davidhiers7...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Hello, > I am seeking a GIS app to use for a disaster preparedness group. As such, > I need full functionality when the Internet is not available. > > The weak spot for most GIS apps seems to be gecoding street addresses to > coordinates (lat/log, UTM, etc). Many apps seem to wind up referencing the > geocoding services of google or yahoo instead of doing the work locally. > > Provided the correct data files (TIGER, etc), can QGIS be used to geocode > street addresses without Internet access? > > > Best Regards, > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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