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The only thing OSM is missing is a good open places database

by oulipo 11y ago

maxerickson 11y ago
There is widely used tagging for a large variety of place types, and it isn't all that complicated to extract that data (which is maybe glib, but the extraction shouldn't be a big hurdle for someone that is using the data for something interesting). So the problem is that the data is sparse.
vtcraghead 11y ago
If this is what you're referring to, we're getting there: http://openaddresses.io/ http://openaddresses.io/
- maxerickson 11y ago
  "Places" usually means something like Foursquare.
- reustle 11y ago
  Wow, they've really got Japan covered
  - maxerickson 11y ago
    OpenAddresses is a separate project from OSM that is aggregating publicly available address data. Japan has a national entity that makes the data available. The sources are all here: https://github.com/openaddresses/openaddresses https://github.com/openaddresses/openaddresses
    - mikekchar 11y ago
      Out of interest, people may not realize that Japan has a very different addressing system than in the west. Streets do no generally have names (though there are a few that do). Instead a city is divided up into areas. I won't try to explain it (for fear of getting it wrong ;-) ): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system Often foreigners get confused and see things that look like street signs, but which are actually signs for the chome (kind of a big block). They get very confused when they see another such sign on a different street going in a completely different direction :-) Anyway, Japanese people generally don't put address numbers on their houses. Instead they will put their name. So if you want to find an address for someone you don't know (or a business) it is really hard. For businesses that have to deliver things, it's really important to be able to find the address. So the public database is really useful. These days everybody generally navigates by GPS. You put the address in and the GPS unit will take you to the right place. Most navigation units will even be able to navigate from a land line phone number (as the phone numbers are pre-assigned to the address).
lcswi 11y ago
Try https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/ https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/

The only thing OSM is missing is a good open places database

by oulipo 11y ago

The only thing OSM is missing is a good open places database

There is widely used tagging for a large variety of place types, and it isn't all that complicated to extract that data (which is maybe glib, but the extraction shouldn't be a big hurdle for someone that is using the data for something interesting). So the problem is that the data is sparse.

vtcraghead 11y ago

If this is what you're referring to, we're getting there: http://openaddresses.io/ http://openaddresses.io/

maxerickson 11y ago
"Places" usually means something like Foursquare.
reustle 11y ago
Wow, they've really got Japan covered
- maxerickson 11y ago
  OpenAddresses is a separate project from OSM that is aggregating publicly available address data. Japan has a national entity that makes the data available. The sources are all here: https://github.com/openaddresses/openaddresses https://github.com/openaddresses/openaddresses
  - mikekchar 11y ago
    Out of interest, people may not realize that Japan has a very different addressing system than in the west. Streets do no generally have names (though there are a few that do). Instead a city is divided up into areas. I won't try to explain it (for fear of getting it wrong ;-) ): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system Often foreigners get confused and see things that look like street signs, but which are actually signs for the chome (kind of a big block). They get very confused when they see another such sign on a different street going in a completely different direction :-) Anyway, Japanese people generally don't put address numbers on their houses. Instead they will put their name. So if you want to find an address for someone you don't know (or a business) it is really hard. For businesses that have to deliver things, it's really important to be able to find the address. So the public database is really useful. These days everybody generally navigates by GPS. You put the address in and the GPS unit will take you to the right place. Most navigation units will even be able to navigate from a land line phone number (as the phone numbers are pre-assigned to the address).

lcswi 11y ago

Try https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/ https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/