[Talk-us] Rail USA (after about six weeks)

2015-01-29 Thread stevea
Regarding OSM's Great USA Rail Update (of 2014-5), the two most important initial target tasks seem to be properly naming a subdivision or line and gathering together commonly-named members into a route relation. The first task can be done (as in California recently) by using a Public

Re: [Talk-us] Santa Clara County (California) address import?

2015-01-29 Thread Clifford Snow
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:38 PM, Tod Fitch t...@fitchdesign.com wrote: Copyright - Maybe it would be best to ask the county or even city for address (and building outlines) information with a public domain license. Cities and counties I've dealt with in Washington State have been very open about

[Talk-us] Santa Clara County (California) address import?

2015-01-29 Thread Tod Fitch
I've walked all the streets within a couple of miles of my home to collect addresses for OpenStreetMap. In the area that I've tried to cover pretty well there are now nearly 10,000 items tagged with addr:housenumber, nearly all of them surveyed and entered by me. I'd like to finish off my city

Re: [Talk-us] Santa Clara County (California) address import?

2015-01-29 Thread stevea
Thanks for true OSM dedication and your great community engagement, Tod! In fact, it was Santa Clara County which lost the court case (as defendant, CFAC -- the California First Amendment Coalition -- was the plaintiff) which in essence declared, GIS basemap/geospatial data produced by public