I just wanted to note a couple of mistakes are present in the conversion of
rd -> road, etc, which are now fixed, and I'm re-running the conversions. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-ca-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-ca-
> boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Paul Norman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:52 AM
> To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Talk-ca] Proposed import: Surrey Address Data
> 
> I'm proposing to import the surrey address data located at
> http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/658.aspx
> 
> I've written a translation script for the data, and it, along with the
> data untranslated and translated are located at
> http://maps.paulnorman.ca/surrey/addresses/
> 
> Legal:
> 
> The data is PDDL, which is a well-known license and compatible.
> 
> Data quality:
> 
> The data is essentially an export from the city's internal GIS server
> and should be very accurate. I was unable to find any errors with spot
> checks.
> 
> With the exception of strip malls and townhouse complexes, the positions
> seem very accurate. Strip malls are in order, but may not exactly match
> store locations. Townhouses have similar issues.
> 
> Size:
> ~100k nodes. This will need to be done in multiple parts on a separate
> account.
> 
> Existing data:
> A check with JOSM found no nodes with addr:* in Surrey
> 
> Shortfalls
> - No postal codes
> - Although the data is there for associated street relations, I'm not
> proposing creating them
> 
> Sample node
> 
> addr:city=Surrey
> addr:country=CA
> addr:housenumber=11508
> addr:state=British Columbia
> addr:street=97A Avenue
> source=City of Surrey 2010 GIS Data
> source:url=http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/658.aspx
> surrey:date=19850924=
> surrey:globalid=E949685B-38B3-44D2-A5DC-C0750AE0B4C4
> 
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