> -----Original Message----- > From: webmas...@the506.com [mailto:webmas...@the506.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 10:51 AM > To: talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > Subject: [Talk-ca] Proposed import: Service New Brunswick address data > > Hello...long time reader, first time poster. You may know me as the one > who did (sometimes botched) the bulk of Canvec imports in New Brunswick. > That job was completed last week. > > As you may be aware, Canvec does not include road name or addressing > data in New Brunswick. I have generally been using a combination of the > StatsCan and Service New Brunswick databases to add road names by hand. > It was a long and arduous process that took over a year, but it's > finished. > > Service New Brunswick maintains a publicly-available geocoded database > of civic address points in the province (http://www.snb.ca/gdam- > igec/e/2900e_1f_i.asp), and their license > (http://www.snb.ca/gdam-igec/e/2900e_1e_v.asp) is compatible with OSM. > My experience is that the database is very accurate in urban areas, but > there are still a lot of gaps in rural areas. Any records that do not > currently have a civic number attached will not be imported, and > duplicate addresses will be ignored. > > There are currently very few addresses in NB in the OSM database. They > are mostly in downtown Fredericton and uptown Saint John, and those > areas will be checked by hand to avoid duplicates. In the rest of the > province, an attempt will be made to merge the data with existing ways > whenever possible. > > Each point would have the following tags: > addr:housenumber= > addr:street= > addr:city= > addr:province=NB > addr:country=CA > addr:source=SNB > addr:SNBid=unique ID from the SNB database
I haven't looked at the data yet, but I would suggest omitting addr:province and addr:country from an import. That was the conclusion of the Surrey addresses. As these addresses are in a fairly unusual format, could you post a sample of a rural area and an urban area in .osm or as a shapefile? Also remember to consult with imports@ when you're working through the import process. _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
