Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM and SIAMU

2017-11-22 Thread Jo
Urbis released all the data for the Brussels region several years ago, so it should be possible to use that data like we use CRAB in Flanders. My personal preference would be to work with wikidata identifiers for every street in and around Brussels. Polyglot 2017-11-22 21:09 GMT+01:00 joost scho

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM and SIAMU

2017-11-22 Thread joost schouppe
Hi Nadia, Nice to see you here! I've played with the idea of unique identifiers for OSM objects myself before. But it remains controversial in the international community (not so much in Belgium). Here's an article I wrote long long time ago about it. It's especially useful for the comments, whic

Re: [OSM-talk-be] OSM and SIAMU

2017-11-22 Thread Marc Gemis
Hallo Nadia, nice to hear that the fire department is using OSM. As for the refs for the roads. There are a number of different systems in place for reference numbers that you do not see. In the UK they use official_ref or admin_ref [1] In France they have e.g. ref:FR:FANTOIR and there is also un

[OSM-talk-be] OSM and SIAMU

2017-11-22 Thread PONCELET Nadia
Hello everyone, The SIAMU (fire brigade and of urgent medical aid of the Brussels Region) presently uses OpenStreetMap in several of its applications, in particular to define preferential routes for emergency vehicles in Brussels. We work at the moment with Champs Libres to ensure a regular and