Joost, The main goal is indeed to help. It should help in finding the correct business for an address / shop and another checkpoint. Example: the current notes in Brussels ;) Concerning the quality, if the data is not correct, then what the hell are they doing in Brussels ;) All business have to be closed or created on that list.
The license is a bit of a problem though. But at what point is using the phonebook to find a business. Then using multiple sources (possibly even the website of the company) at that point you know there is a company there. And in a way you yourself become the source. But I suppose that is a legal mess we just can't afford to get into. Note to potential users of the tool: 1) Don't (as said the license is not compatible) 2) It's not because a company is listed there that: - The business uses the same name in Practice. - The business is still active there, it's perfectly possible to have a company at an address with nothing for the public to find / use on that location. On 17-02-17 16:42, joost schouppe wrote: > Apart from the license, there is also a quality issue. From what I have seen > iny own use of the data, it could be a help, but not much more than that. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
