Does anyone have any success stories of asking localities to open up previously copyrighted data? I'm going down the "just ask nicely for *really* open data" path here in Seattle, but have yet to hear back from the authorities. It seems that having a list of other cities that have opened up and shared data would be a good reference tool when going to ask for looser restrictions. - Jeff
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Brian May <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/28/2012 6:35 PM, Ian Dees wrote: > > Hi folks, > > So SteveC's blog post sparked a bit of conversation today: > http://stevecoast.com/2012/11/28/openstreetmap-addressable/ > > I'd love to see OSM US lead the way on collecting high quality > addressing data from as many places as possible and throw it in to OSM. To > that end I started with this spreadsheet here: > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsVnlPsfrhUIdEVZTzVFalFYYnlvTkc0R05wcUpsWVE > > I think we should crowd-source an effort to collect as much local > addressing data as possible, convert it to OSM format, and import it. > Obviously we should do it in a controlled manner and follow the usual > import guidelines, but a *large* part of the work is in collecting the > data in the first place and convincing municipalities to license it to us > in a compatible manner. > > Is anyone else interested in this? I could use some help gathering > volunteers to the cause. > > -Ian > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing > [email protected]http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > I support this 1000%. 2013 should be the year of the addresses for OSM in > the US. Addresses are sorely needed in a big way. And there's tons of > accurate info that local governments have spent millions collecting already > (could be hundreds of millions). I was just reading an old thread from last > year on importing address info based on parcels. I can help in many areas > of Florida. GIS data in FL is essentially public domain. We have very > liberal open records laws. I already have parcels for the whole state, > which all include site addresses (many have city and zipcode as well) as > well as address points for several counties. There's a few counties with > building outlines as well. For those, we could do some pre-processing to > attach addresses to buildings and import that, at least for the counties > where individual address points are not available and for parcels with one > building. Multiple buildings and addresses per parcel are another issue. > > In the spreadsheet, would it make more sense to have the records by > county, and split out into cities where necessary? In Florida, its the > county govmts and county property appraisers that create / maintain parcels > and addresses databases. I know that is not the case in some NE states, > though. > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > -- Jeff Meyer Global World History Atlas www.gwhat.org [email protected] 206-676-2347
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