I think Kreatos has the combination of address data and coordinates. Those coordinates are probably derived from a source which is not compatible with our license, but we only need them as a hint. We don't want to use those coordinates verbatim. Of course it would help to know in which building their shop is located.
Jo 2013/9/23 Johan C <osm...@gmail.com> > Hi Marc > > I talked about this yesterday evening on a meeting of the Future Group. > The good thing: this is definitely on the list of stuff which needs to be > worked upon. The bad thing: it's not a simple thing to solve. One of the > major problems is that address data is missing on a large scale in OSM. > Supposedly companies will have addresses of their businesses. Question is: > how to match the addresses to LAT/LON in an ODbL compatible way? > > However, The Netherlands, Flanders and Bruxelles may serve as an test bed > for this, since address data is already available there. I'll come back to > it later. If there are other initiatives on this matter, than these should > definitely proceed. > > Cheers, Johan > > > 2013/9/21 Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> > >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Johan C <osm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On your question Marc to contact companies: I have mixed experiences in >>> the past. Some companies (like McDonalds) were not interested in >>> OpenStreetMap. A situation that should change, since there are just four >>> global players in geodata, OSM being one of them. Our product is not worse >>> than Google places. probably better, because we're in open data. I like >>> your idear, maybe we can join forces for the Benelux. We could start having >>> a platform for entry of business users in OSM, showing them the advantages >>> of using OSM. For instance, if we present the number of OSM app downloads >>> (combined 30 million or so), businesses might gain interest. Let me know if >>> you/others are interested. >>> >>> Cheers, Johan >>> >>> Op vrijdag 20 september 2013 schreef Marc Gemis (marc.ge...@gmail.com): >>> >>> I welcomed a new user, expecting that it was related to the Kreatos >>>> hairdressers company: >>>> >>>> their reply: >>>> >>>> Dank voor de informatie. >>>> Weet u een manier om (meerdere) nodes (in één keer) te uploaden naar >>>> OpenStreetMap? Bij Google is dit via Google Places, met een XLS of XML >>>> file. >>>> Heb hiervoor gezocht op de website van OpenStreetMap, maar ik raak er >>>> niet meteen wijs uit? >>>> De informatie zou uit en MySQL database komen, dus een api met >>>> rechtstreekse import/sync mogelijkheid hiervoor zou natuurlijk nog beter >>>> zijn… >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> How do I proceed ? Show them the OSM Api v0.6 ? + policy page ? Josm >>>> upload ? Ask them the file and do the upload myself + verification of >>>> individual points ? >>>> >>>> I was also wondering this week whether we could contact companies to >>>> ask them to share their shops or fuel stations. What do you think about >>>> that ? >>>> >>>> >>>> regards >>>> >>>> m >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-be mailing list >>> Talk-be@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >>> >>> >> Hallo Johan, >> >> I'm wiling to send out such emails to companies in Belgium, but I'm not >> so good in writing those letters. It takes me more time than I'm willing to >> spend to get it right. But if someone can come up with a good template, I >> can do the "import" later. >> >> I also think that we need a page that describes how companies can easily >> add their POIs. This guy (from Kreatos) did not find a page on the wiki >> with some API to do so. It would be nice to have some page that describes >> the different methods (e.g. JOSM + OpenData, the osm file generation >> described in this thread, the import procedure, etc. ) Furthermore the page >> should list some Overpass examples on how they can retrieve their shops >> again. And maybe a link to leaflet, umap.openstreetmap.fr and >> switch2osm.org so they know how to visualize their data. I provided some >> of this information in my response to him. I just thought of leaftlet/umap >> this morning. >> >> So I have some ideas, but lack to time to write the proper letters and >> documentation. Maybe you can add this to the dreams for OSM ? >> >> regards >> >> m >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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