On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 16:10, Ben Abelshausen
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have this data I would like to share with the Belgian mappers:
> http://www.14k.be/node/179 !
>
Hi Ben,
Fascinating idea. If I understand correctly, you have a (confidential)
list of addresses and are checking if they can be fo
It's nog exactly as you are describing it. I have a dataset of addresses
(geocoded with lat/lon) covering almost all of Flanders. Then we use our
software to find the closest street with the same name. If no street with
the same name can be found the closest street is taken.
This all returns a dis
I think I understand :)
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 18:16, Ben Abelshausen
wrote:
> ...If no street with
> the same name can be found the closest street is taken.
>
> This all returns a distance and then we filter all these that have distances
> higher than let's say 50m. This gives us a good estimat
We use a matching algorithm that still recognizes streets with small
spelling errors and takes into account derivations like st. and straat.
Spelling shouldn't be a problem.
I'll see if I can prepare the data in a good format for you. Also an update
mechanism would be nice. After updating osm blac
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 18:48, Ben Abelshausen
wrote:
> We use a matching algorithm that still recognizes streets with small
> spelling errors and takes into account derivations like st. and straat.
> Spelling shouldn't be a problem.
Ah, ok. But you also said earlier that:
> If no street with th
Op 14-10-11 18:16, Ben Abelshausen schreef:
It's nog exactly as you are describing it. I have a dataset of addresses
(geocoded with lat/lon) covering almost all of Flanders. Then we use our
software to find the closest street with the same name. If no street
with the same name can be found the cl
We have purchased this data and yes I believe it is goverment data. We will
never be allowed to anything more with it then this quality check however so
let's not even go there. Let there not be any doubt that we are NOT using
this data to import stuff into osm!!
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:03 PM,
