How up-to-date is this PICC database ? I randomly clicked on the map, and came in Orbais. There I see at least 15 houses without red rectangle. Does this mean that they are not in the database yet ?
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:25 PM, A.Pirard.Papou <a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 2013-02-18 10:51, Glenn Plas wrote : > > Since the meeting in Lier , I've been getting myself into the collection > of housenumbers, I do have a few remarks / questions since starting this: > > - Accuracy of the GPS on Samsung S3 is low > > see 2 below. > > - Never trust Bing maps too much concerning aerial photo's, The deepest > zoomlevel seem to be offset (where available) but also quite aged. > > I have mentioned many times (mailing lists and e-mail to taggers) that > Bing zoom needs a per area JOSM offset correction. > Its a pity to notice careful mappers devote so much time making maps > offset because of Bing. > > - Editing takes 4 times as much time as walking the walk > > see 1 below (airplane speed). > > - Many people don't even care about hanging up their housenumbers. > > see 1 below. > > - Walking in the dark is a bad idea, and watch out for people who consider > their housenumber a private property, be prepared to make a run for it. > > see 1 below. > > - Map caching does not work in OSMPAD > - Always keep one eye for the road while scanning housenumbers, since they > seem to define the landscape here I want to vote for the use of the tag > 'barrier=dogshit', perhaps 'barrier=dogpile' for the larger concentrations. > > I saw people sticking little flags on dog poop but one still has to watch > one's steps. > There's an impressive amount of > hardware<http://www.befr.ebay.be/sch/i.html?&LH_AvailTo=23&_sop=15&_ipg=200&_kw=dog%20poop>for > that software, but nothing of what you need. > Resist using bags and putting them in the letterboxes, even if that raises > the discussion among the concerned people. > But if you walk your own dog while prospecting numbers, you will feel the > leash loosen at every danger ;-) > > questions > - Do you know of any hardware that gives better GPS fixes and comes with > the ease-of-use OSMPAD delivers on entering numbers ? > - Are there any better tools/software around for this type of work on > Android ? > - What do you use? > > > 1 > The PICC maps <http://cartocit1.wallonie.be/pw/index.jsp> contains very > precise building mapping with street numbers. > You'll never do better than an airplane. > This is one, just one, of the reasons why I say it's of paramount > importance for us to be able to use PICC. > People say that the government agrees to make it available but that they > have no time to say yes. > This is why I wait and I'm doing very limited house numbering business > presently. > > 2 > Does anyone have an opinion or recommendation about such cheap > devices<http://www.tinydeal.com/index.php?main_page=ws_search_result&is_search=1&inc_subcat=&search_in_description=3&keyword=wifi+gps&is_input=&keyword=wifi+gps&cPath=&categories_id=54&disp_order=3>? > (there are other similar shops) > Usually, CN stuff is of fair quality but minimally documented and > supported (e.g. no "MP4" games). > But that's different for Android, isn't it? > >22€ means a risk of paying taxes, but, according to Test-Achats, it looks > like it's only VAT. > > Cheers, > > André. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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