Hi list,
I ran a little script against the data base of planning applications of
Islington Council and ended up with around 16,500 address. Around 6,500 of them
are relatively old and only have the first part of the post code. After tidying
the data little and removing dupes, this still leaves 10,000 Islington
addresses with a fully qualified post code, available in a plain text file for
your perusal.
So I was wondering if others have done the same for their area, and how to best
share this data. Has anybody experimented with address data bases yet? Is there
a preferred file format? Is there a drop-off point anywhere?
It strikes me that a JOSM plugin could be developed around a central address
data base server. Streets which are in the database could be highlighted (like
the validator plugin does), and all addresses on a particular street would be
displayed. Once an address has been put into OSM, the colour of the highlighted
street could be changed to indicate this.
Oh, did I mention that I know nothing about Java?
Anyhow, with or without plugin: What should I do with the data to make it
useful for others?
Cheers
Blumpsy
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