TimSC <mapping@...> writes: >I have done further investigations. As I said, the national dataset has >about 90% of pharmacies exactly located. But in the Kent data set does >not include this precise data and instead has the postcode centre as the >pharmacy position. IMHO, if we can get permission for the national level >data set, we should import/merge the good 90% (and manually survey the >remainder).
If pharmacies are just points with lat/lon, it is not always simple to import into the existing map, even if we knew the position were entirely accurate. The road network in OSM has some margin for error so a pharmacy might end up on the wrong side of the road. In areas with buildings, the pharmacy node might appear in the next-door building by mistake. That said, if you are looking for a pharmacy, it is certainly more useful to have one within a five metre accuracy rather than no data at all. So I would still be in favour of adding the data. -- Ed Avis <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
