On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Apollinaris Schoell <ascho...@gmail.com> wrote: > jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > > Based on what is posted there, the OSM could become a good source of zip > data. > We import the census data, and then let people update it. Eventually, > if we all work together, we can build the best zip code database in > the county. > mike > > > > who is the people to update? who has the knowledge and is working on osm? > the same believe was out for tiger import but where are all the people > improving the data? I can't see many of them. adding more data to osm isn't > useful just because it's easy to import. without active participation no > application using where is the point? census data might change faster than > anyone is willing to improve in osm. than this will be the worst zip code db > because it's out of date in some places. up to date in others. no quality > measurement in place.
well, we can start by checking the consistency of the data we have. We can make sure that all the counties and zipcodes are consistent to the data we have. mike _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
