Re: [Imports] Import UNICEF data in Central African Republic, act II

2014-01-09 Thread Ben Abelshausen
Hi, On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Rafael Avila Coya wrote: > 1) Some schools have the 'capacity:classrooms', 'capacity:pupils' and > 'capacity:teachers' with value "0". I would set it better to "unknown" > value, as it makes more sense (for the capacity:classrooms one at least, > as there is s

Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton County, Georgia

2014-01-09 Thread Carl Anderson
> Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 08:01:40 -0600 > From: Ian Dees > To: Serge Wroclawski > Cc: OSM Imports List > Subject: Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton >County, Georgia >Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:05

Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton County, Georgia

2014-01-09 Thread Saikrishna Arcot
(In case my previous message doesn't go through) For the record, I took a quick look at the converted data (after processing and all) in JOSM, and the address data seems fairly accurate (at least in midtown Atlanta). There are a few points that are half-a-house over and some building that have two

Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton County, Georgia

2014-01-09 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Clifford Snow wrote: > > I agree with Martijn. Addresses add real value to OSM. With an address > node, routing works better, adding POI information is easier, and it aids > disaster recovery work. I'll admit, building outlines look nice and alone > they aid mapper

Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton County, Georgia

2014-01-09 Thread Clifford Snow
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: > I do not agree. Address points represent immensely valuable > information in their own right. If there is a separate set of building > footprints available, the added value of the combined (conflated) > address + building datasets is big e

Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton County, Georgia

2014-01-09 Thread Martijn van Exel
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: > The amount of data that a naked address point adds to OSM is very low, > and the amount of data that a tagless building outline provides is > very low- but combine the two and you get something of very high > value, I do not agree. Address

Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton County, Georgia

2014-01-09 Thread Ian Dees
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: > > 1. The license issue is still unresolved > > I looked at the pdf you mentioned. The distribution statement appears > to be for the document itself, the "Standards and Definitions for the > Driveway / Access Point Address File", rather tha

Re: [Imports] [Imports-us] Address Data Import for Fulton County, Georgia

2014-01-09 Thread Serge Wroclawski
Saikrishna, You've made some big improvements to the wiki- thank you. I think we still have a ways to go before this is ready to be vetted in depth- we have a few big issues, as I see it (and I'm sure others will jump in with their own): 1. The license issue is still unresolved I looked at the

Re: [Imports] Import UNICEF data in Central African Republic, act II

2014-01-09 Thread Jo
If it's unknown, it's better to omit the tag alltogether. If one of the importers does happen to know, it's easy to add it again on an individual basis. Jo 2014/1/9 Rafael Avila Coya > Hi Séverin and all: > > I agree with Frederik about the use of addr:full instead of the > boundary_admin_leve

Re: [Imports] Import UNICEF data in Central African Republic, act II

2014-01-09 Thread Rafael Avila Coya
Hi Séverin and all: I agree with Frederik about the use of addr:full instead of the boundary_admin_levelX_name tags (I would change "CAR" at the end of the full address for "République centrafricaine" or "Central African Republic"). I think it's a smarter solution: 1 tag instead of 3, and a tag t