Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

2017-12-27 Thread Warin
Repetition can be reduced using JOSM. Set it to 'expert mode' Requires a plugin 'utiltools' or 'More Tools'. Create your addresses along one street without street name, postcode, sub etc - just the house number. Finished? Ok - create a node with the street name, post code etc. Now ^C it to

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

2017-12-27 Thread Arthur Geeson
I have been busy doing street names and house numbers for some years: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/-38.09198/144.35883 http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.36135/-1.98845 I normally use Potlatch and the address consists of street number and name, post code and suburb name for each

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

2017-12-27 Thread Nick Hocking
Address data could also be used to verify street/road names and also add them where they are missing. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

2017-12-27 Thread Warin
On 28-Dec-17 12:30 PM, Nick Hocking wrote: Hi Jubal The missing OSM information in Australia that would be, by a large margin, the most usefull, would be address data (and building footprint, if available). If we had address data then OSM maps would be usefull for the genberal public to

Re: [talk-au] MS open maps

2017-12-27 Thread Nick Hocking
Hi Jubal The missing OSM information in Australia that would be, by a large margin, the most usefull, would be address data (and building footprint, if available). If we had address data then OSM maps would be usefull for the genberal public to use in car navigation etc. Collecting address data