On 5 July 2010 10:25, 80n <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't see any point in OSM duplicating much of what is already freely and > copiously available. OSM's uniqueness lies in it's ability to cater for > needs that are not otherwise met. It might be cycle maps or humanitarian > maps or maps for developing countries or even just post boxes, but I can't > see our community getting excited about house numbers. > > Geocoding isn't freely available (unless your needs are small-scale). Housenumbers are the key to geocoding addresses, and without geocoding many useful applications of a map are lost, or at least made more difficult. So I'm reasonably excited about housenumbers.
-- Ben Last Development Manager (HyperWeb) NearMap Pty Ltd
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