2014-03-26 8:00 GMT+01:00 Tom Morris <[email protected]>: > The fact that the import process (and indeed the tag approval process) > has become heavyweight enough that people aren't bothering anymore should > perhaps be a reason to drastically reform those processes. > > I know I've participated in both and basically given up. > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/ >
You have a point. A few months ago I've heard a Belgium guy saying something like you. And I've some experiences myself on the process which has made me count to ten a few times. The attitude for imports can be experienced as harsh, like going through an exam. What I learned from it: everyone here cares about OSM and wants OSM to be the best map(data) in the world. And there are actually no folks against imports. It's only that imports should be done in the right way. What the right way is, is slowly being established for addresses. In spite of some differences, anybody who now wants to import addresses and building outlines can look at imports in New York City and The Netherlands and some other countries for examples. If anyone wants help on the import process there are several people willing to assist in a positive manner. Open data initiatives will help in acquiring address data: for example by July 2015 close to 200 million addresses in the EU will be available for OSM because of a change in the national laws. For me having addresses and building outlines within the OSM database is the number one option because of the conflation process to get the data in. Having this data in will make it a lot easier for mappers to check the address data, set entrances to buildings and to add POI's. OpenAdresses can be a second best option, for example in cases where the quality of public address data is too low for importing. Cheers, Johan
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