I did, but I held off because most of the data wasn't very useful (points in the middle of the road or in the middle of a field, etc.)
When I get home I can upload the files I have. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Steve Coast <[email protected]> wrote: > did you do that? I'm curious to look at addresses near me and help import > > > On 3/2/2011 12:59 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm planning on converting these to OSM format in the coming hours and > dividing them up into chunks of some size that can be relatively easily > checked by humans. > > I'll post to the list and to that page with the chunks later. > > -Ian > > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 2:55 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> MapQuest is providing several address files that contain user-provided >> latitude and longitude locations across the world. Our users provided >> these exact locations to us so that they could be mapped correctly on >> our MapQuest maps. >> >> There are currently three (3) main files - one for the United States, >> one for Canada and one for Europe. More information can be found on >> our wiki page: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest/Critical_Addresses >> >> We didn't want to just import these addresses directly into OSM, but >> wanted them to be available to anyone that wanted to have them. To be >> clear: >> >> 1. these addresses are user provided >> 2. there is a high degree of ground-truth from these users >> 3. they WANTED to be in the data and be correctly mapped >> 4. we've checked with our lawyers, and yes, you can have them - >> UNENCUMBERED! >> >> Cheers! >> >> Deb Tankersley >> MapQuest Open Initiative >> OSM User: hey ok >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing > [email protected]http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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