That makes sense, almost a mechanical turk for point placement. I support an update Ruby version of GeoCoder US if we wanted to go down that route.
-Kate > > We're talking about geocoding businesses using an address. You > already know the number is in use - in fact, you know what business is > located at that address. You stick the address into a TIGER-based > geocoder (http://maps.huge.info/geocoder/, or build your own using > http://search.cpan.org/~sderle/Geo-Coder-US/US.pm), and you get out a > lat/lon. The position won't be perfect, but it'll probably show up > close enough that someone can grab the node and move it into position > using a Yahoo aerial, hence my suggestion to use "something > semi-automated". > > Something semi-automated: Get a page with the name and address of the > business on the left (maybe a link to the website) and an OSM Potlatch > on the right. There's a node in the approximate location of the > business with the address, name, amenity, etc. already filled out. > Move the node into position and hit "save and add another". Another > page comes up with the same thing. Process 20, 30, 50 nodes at a > time, which you can select as the nodes which haven't yet been > processed and are closest to your particular location of interest. > Not enough information? Click on "skip this node - not enough > information", and it'll be flagged for more detailed review. > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports >
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