[Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

Hi all, I've been adding individualized house numbers to many houses in my neighborhood, and I'm just not sure this is how I'm supposed to do it because it just looks funky on the map. One area with 1 or 2-digit house numbers: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/33.68743/-117.66593

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 7:47 AM, Steve Friedl wrote: > I’ve been adding individualized house numbers to many houses in my > neighborhood, and I’m just not sure this is how I’m supposed to do it > because it just looks funky on the map. > > > > One area with 1 or 2-digit house numbers: > > > > htt

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> Am 11.04.2015 um 16:47 schrieb Steve Friedl : > > but this presentation with numbers scattered all over just doesn’t look > right, so maybe I’m doing something wrong. > > > don't worry, the current rendering of house numbers is more aiming at the mappers (to give an idea of completene

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

It looks awesome steve great job, i love seeing addresses added to osm as well.​ *Regards,* *Hans* *http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13 * On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 11:37 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer < dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

Excellent job Steve, I believe that house addresses is the only thing missing from OSM that is stopping it from becoming the mainstream mapping data of choice! I’ve always been interested in how to collect addresses, which can be a time consuming and difficult task. Walking around a neighborhood

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As to the first: Yes, definitely a great job of mapping address house numbers! As to gathering numbers: I’ve gone through several iterations on collecting data. At first I was using a walking papers style method complete with people asking me what I was doing and, in one case, calling the police

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

In areas with detached houses, the Android app Keypadmapper has worked pretty well for me. Once house numbers get too dense (worst case: Montreal, where each apartment in a duplex or triplex will have it's own house number) it starts getting tricky assigning the number to the correct building. And

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Harald Kliems wrote: > In areas with detached houses, the Android app Keypadmapper has worked > pretty well for me. Once house numbers get too dense (worst case: Montreal, > where each apartment in a duplex or triplex will have it's own house > number) it starts g

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

IMHO if you are actually entering stuff in to a mobile device, you may as well use vespucci and just do it properly the first time. But hten I'm biased. Simon Am 12.04.2015 um 18:50 schrieb Greg Morgan: > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Harald Kliems > wrote: >

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My few trial uses of Vespucci lead me to believe that I need an data connection while using it. Am I wrong? With OsmPad, KeyPad or OSMtracker I can collect data while off line which is very important to me. Cheers, Tod > On Apr 13, 2015, at 2:02 AM, Simon Poole wrote: > > > IMHO if you are

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Am 13.04.2015 um 16:37 schrieb Tod Fitch: > My few trial uses of Vespucci lead me to believe that I need an data > connection while using it. Am I wrong? Given that it is a full editor you need connectivity in some form to initially get the data and then to upload your edits. However this can be a

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

Commercial buildings are particularly difficult here in Nashville, TN, because about 80% of commercial buildings have no street address posted on the outside. Apparently, they aren't required to do so. On April 12, 2015 11:50:21 AM CDT, Greg Morgan wrote: > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Har

Re: [Talk-us] Am I doing this right? Houses w/ addresses

That depends, in part, on how long you want to stand there pecking away at your device, and how suspicious folks are likely to become if you stand in front of each building for up to several minutes before moving on. On April 13, 2015 4:02:24 AM CDT, Simon Poole wrote: > > IMHO if you are act

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+1 On April 13, 2015 7:32:36 PM EDT, "John F. Eldredge" wrote: >That depends, in part, on how long you want to stand there pecking away >at your device, and how suspicious folks are likely to become if you >stand in front of each building for up to several minutes before moving >on. > > >On Apr

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Long press. press, press ... typically less than 5 seconds (depending on the situation I might not even stop walking). Simon Am 14.04.2015 um 01:32 schrieb John F. Eldredge: > That depends, in part, on how long you want to stand there pecking away > at your device, and how suspicious folks are l

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If all you are doing on the spot is recording the house number On April 14, 2015 5:48:09 AM CDT, Simon Poole wrote: > > Long press. press, press ... typically less than 5 seconds (depending > on > the situation I might not even stop walking). > > Simon > > Am 14.04.2015 um 01:32 schrieb John F

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If all you are doing on the spot is recording the house number, then what is the advantage to using Vespucci instead of a simpler tool? On April 14, 2015 5:48:09 AM CDT, Simon Poole wrote: > > Long press. press, press ... typically less than 5 seconds (depending > on > the situation I might no

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Am 14.04.2015 um 20:42 schrieb John F. Eldredge: > If all you are doing on the spot is recording the house number, then > what is the advantage to using Vespucci instead of a simpler tool? No further processing step, upload and you are finished. Other stuff, POIs and so one will tend to take lo