Only the nodes are given as free data. No building contours or no parcel boundaries.
It's to empower businesses to have more exact data on their customers (so they can query near potential customers, or map/ correct addresses in their databases), in which case the coordinates are considered enough. It's not primarily meant to empower the making of general maps. 2014-10-06 13:58 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]>: > > 2014-10-06 13:49 GMT+02:00 Sander Deryckere <[email protected]>: > >> From what I see, the address nodes are in the exact centre of the >> parcels. This is often not on a building, or near the entrance, but the >> precision of the parcel boundaries (and thus the precision of those nodes) >> is way higher than any OSM data, though for us it's a bit a useless >> position and needs to be interpreted by humans. > > > > > > are there only nodes in the original dataset or also ways with address > information? If the latter was the case I'd put them as polygons into OSM. > > cheers, > Martin >
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