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OSM is constantly importing bulk data sets, anyway. For instance, in the UK the NAPTAN database was imported, giving the location and reference codes for all pu
by Brakenshire 13y ago
OSM is constantly importing bulk data sets, anyway. For instance, in the UK the NAPTAN database was imported, giving the location and reference codes for all public transport stops. Postcode (like ZIP code) data is imported from a monthly building sales data release. I noticed the other day that Northern France suddenly has all buildings marked, because of some government data import. There are bulk data imports happening every week somewhere in the world.
- Doctor_Fegg 13y agoJust for the record - NAPTAN wasn't consistently imported in the UK; we tried for a few counties and found it wasn't that great. The UK is probably the most import-hostile national community in OSM (and also, after Germany, probably the most successful in building the map; up to you whether you see a coincidence there!).