Interesting. How does parcel data work? What does it cover and what's the data interesting for OSM in it? Is this about sourcing address data?
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Brian Cavagnolo <bcavagn...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey guys, > > In a previous thread on parcel data, some people expressed interest in > participating in creating some sort of open repository for parcel > data. I was imagining a conference call or something to discuss next > steps, but I think we can advance with email. I'm imagining that it > makes sense to separate the data gathering process from the data > standardization/import process. > > Regarding the data gathering, the main objective is to gather recent > raw data, licensing terms, and meta data from jurisdictions in > whatever form they make it available, organize it in a dumb directory > structure. I was just going to set up an FTP (read-write) and HTTP > (read-only) server to get this going. Are there any > recommendations/opinions on a longer-term approach here? Custom > webapp? Off-the-shelf webapp? Somebody mentioned a git repository. > > Regarding standardization/import, I was planning on setting up an > empty instance of the rails port as a test bed. Then participating > users could point JOSM and other tools at this alternative rails port > to examine, edit, and import parcel data. We could also provide > planet-style dumps and mapnik tiles. The idea is that we would have a > safe place to screw up and learn. Does this sound like a reasonable > direction? > > Oh, and I found this fantastic paper that some parcel data people (Abt > Associates, Fairview Industries, Smart Data Strategies) recently put > together for HUD [1] that examines many of the issues that they faced > building a parcel database. Timely. > > Ciao, > Brian > > [1] > http://nationalcad.org/download/the-feasibility-of-developing-a-national-parcel-database-county-data-records-project-final-report/ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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