Dietmar Seifert

OSM Housenumber Evaluation

Improving Address Quantity and Quality Through Automated Analyses

Abstract

OpenStreetMap is set to cover more and more addresses. This talk demonstrates a tool designed to automatically detect missing house numbers, by comparing data from OSM with data retrieved from a city council or similar authority. The government data doesn't have to have a geo component - simple lists are sufficient.

This approach has been used with good results in various places in Germany, and also includes a method to generate feedback to the administration (whose data is often less than perfect).

About the author

Dietmar Seifert has been an OSM contributor for about four years, active in the forum and best known in the German community for his automated street list and housenumber reports.

Media

Video/Audio recording: mp3 mp4 ogg WebM YouTube

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