I usually map house numbers on Sunday morning when there is less traffic. I use bicycle and a specialized application for smartphone for collecting address (with a smartphone stylus).
It is better to map addressable first, say, 30 large buildings where 1000 people live or work, than 60 small buildings, where 100 persons live. And de facto it is always not about house numbers only, as during such on-the-ground surveys one corrects street names, adds POI, building names, etc. We just make a photo of a sign or a plaque, again with the smartphone camera, and see to it later. Nothing can replace an on-the-ground survey, of being there physically. Besides, it is interesting, because it is a possibility to visit and learn areas of a city, which one would never visit otherwise, to make discoveries for yourself, to maintain an explorer spirit. It is surprising how much map area one can cover on bicycle during one Sunday morning expedition. I would say one weekend mapper is capable to map addressable a medium city in couple of years. Perhaps, not exhaustively, but major buildings. brgds, Oleksiy (Alex-7) On 22.10.2014 13:59, Marc Gemis wrote: > ... I have a bad feeling about how feasible it is to crowd surf house > numbers... > > regards > > m > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
