> There is also an issue of keeping the data up to date - having loads of data > in OSM is great, but we run the risk of it going stale if we're not careful.
In that case you might as well let Google win the war when it comes to maps with data on them. Like I said before with such a large userbase we should be able to update and fix errors much quicker than Google and other routing programs. >> addr:street=Bath Road >> addr:city=Bristol >> addr:postcode=BS4 3BD >> addr:country=GB > > It seems to me that this data should be derivable from the map itself. > Rather than duplicating data by adding addresses and postcodes to each > business/building, I think it would be better to figure out a good way of > deciding which street, city and postcode the building is attached to. By putting the Postcode in we are supply OSM with the postcode to be able to give that street a post code, same goes for streets. If the data stored is done properly it would make it so much better for when people want to query it. For example I want to find a pub called 'The King's Head' I can seach for them by country, by City. I noticed someone say the other day that OSM is about the data not the map. The map is a by product of the data. The data that we put in could also be used to make a Pub guide, or restaurant guide if people are going to have to put in information about a location it maybe worth putting in as much as we can find out. Jack Stringer _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb