On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 6:44 PM, Bryce Nesbitt <bry...@obviously.com> wrote:
> I think eventually chains will see the light, and publish their locations > in an open format compatible manner. > At that point a quick cross check with OSM would clear up most of the > issues. > I think this depends on the chain and how much they care about this. I believe there was a previous import of Lowe's locations, and this data was *woefully* inaccurate. At least in Oklahoma, these often ended up well into the "close but no cigar" territory, often being blocks away and in nonsensical spots kinda-sorta close, but not close enough to get accurate routing. On the other hand, there was a pretty nicely detailed import of Love's truck stops a while back that included a fair amount of detail, for which the only issue I take with it is that it mistagged most as caravan sites instead of service plazas.
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