Dave, I suggest you spend some time reading my blog <http://sk53-osm.blogspot.com>posts or watch my talks at SotM <http://lanyrd.com/2013/sotm/scphcw/> and SotMBaltics<http://vimeo.com/72536464>, which fully explain why this is by far away most useful in an OSM context as a source of addresses. The basic premise is quite simple: lack of addreses is probably the biggest current deficiency in OSM data, but we have attempted to map the type of POIs represented by FHRS data. Also as FHRS data contains around 227,000 postcodes (over 10% of the total)
Also I don't know why you need to say "How can that happen?" This statement was based on a couple of local food start-ups where I've talked about FHRS ratings with the owners. And certainly I had the impression that Sam Burke at Gluten Free Food Nottingham didn't start trading until she had her rating, but I'll check next time I see her. A look at a random LA website (Rotherham) finds an application form<http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/downloads/file/7488/food_premises_registration/390>with the following statement: On the basis of the activities carried out, certain food business establishments are required to be *approved* rather than *registered*. If you are unsure whether any aspect of your food operations would require your establishment to be *approved*, please contact Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for guidance. So it's certainly true for some establishments. Lastly, you put words into my mouth with your last statement about conflation. I don't think I mentioned imports in the context of FHRS data. If you were at least marginally aware of my recent mapping using this data, you should know I have visited every postcode which I have mapped in Nottingham. I have been a *STRONG *advocate of not importing this data. However, using this data for 6 momths has shown that conflation would be very useful for tracking down premises & establishments missing from OSM, or which have changed their name. It was tedious enough maintaining a spreadsheet of 2400 records for Nottingham (without any updates). Doing this on a national scale with 440k records is not practical. Jerry On 20 October 2013 15:02, Dave F. <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 19/10/2013 15:43, SK53 wrote: >> >> There is no point in storing the rating score... ...The primary use is to add address data. A secondary use is to spot places which are no longer in business. > > > Surely the primary use it is Food rating? > > >> I would suggest that using something like fhrs_ref is best. > > > I prefer fhrs:id as that is how it is in the database. It reduces confusion. > > >> I know some businesses who wait for the FHRS inspection before starting to trade, > > > How can that happen? Ratings are based on the quality of hygiene when operational. > > >> A more challenging project is to work on conflation of FHRS data with OSM data. > > > If you mean a mass import then I don't think this is a good idea for many reasons stated in many previous posts. Use the data piecemeal, but only if you can be certain the data is correct. > > Cheers > > Dave F. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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