Oh, and I nearly forgot: one of the issues with data is bitrot - you'll want to think about not only the initial data import, but how best to keep it up to date.
I've found subscribing to a feed of data from planningalerts.org.au is a good indicator for when housing or addresses in my area are possibly going to be invalidated. On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Daniel O'Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One thing we could do is import some of their data into OSM. For example: >> - addresses >> > > Addresses may be one of the more useful data sets, and you might want to > look at things like openaddresses.io as well - though I did open up a > pull request for VicMap data. > > A similar import is > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/NYC_Buildings_Addresses > - speaking to folks on the imports list will be useful, as there are > undoubtedly lessons learned etc that are applicable. > > If they have the data, building footprints are also pretty neat. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Geelong_Building_Import is one I did a > few months ago - some of the geospatial team there are dead keen on open > data and would no doubt be happy to talk with their melbourne counterparts > as well. >
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