I just wanted to note a couple of mistakes are present in the conversion of rd -> road, etc, which are now fixed, and I'm re-running the conversions.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:talk-ca- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Norman > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Talk-ca] Proposed import: Surrey Address Data > > I'm proposing to import the surrey address data located at > http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/658.aspx > > I've written a translation script for the data, and it, along with the > data untranslated and translated are located at > http://maps.paulnorman.ca/surrey/addresses/ > > Legal: > > The data is PDDL, which is a well-known license and compatible. > > Data quality: > > The data is essentially an export from the city's internal GIS server > and should be very accurate. I was unable to find any errors with spot > checks. > > With the exception of strip malls and townhouse complexes, the positions > seem very accurate. Strip malls are in order, but may not exactly match > store locations. Townhouses have similar issues. > > Size: > ~100k nodes. This will need to be done in multiple parts on a separate > account. > > Existing data: > A check with JOSM found no nodes with addr:* in Surrey > > Shortfalls > - No postal codes > - Although the data is there for associated street relations, I'm not > proposing creating them > > Sample node > > addr:city=Surrey > addr:country=CA > addr:housenumber=11508 > addr:state=British Columbia > addr:street=97A Avenue > source=City of Surrey 2010 GIS Data > source:url=http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/658.aspx > surrey:date=19850924= > surrey:globalid=E949685B-38B3-44D2-A5DC-C0750AE0B4C4 > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
