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submitted 1 year ago by andruid@lemmy.ml to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

With points of interest being hit or miss in areas I was wondering if anyone knew of places that contributed to openstreet maps as matter of public policy. Any examples?

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[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 year ago

Maybe not quite what you're meaning, but in New Zealand there's a lot of data on addresses, roads, and buildings available publicly. This data has been used to add the addresses, roads, and buildings nationwide, to create a pretty complete set of data for navigation purposes.

[-] andruid@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That's what I mean! In the US the postal address of places are public data from what I understand, but I haven't seen a lot of those addresses in Organic Maps. Same with registered businesses. Do you know who in your area takes that data and uploads it openstreet maps?

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

It looks like there is some information on the project here.

Hopefully something there helps you contact someone?

[-] GeneralRetreat@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

In the EU and UK, public bodies contribute to mapping data by publishing large amounts of geospatial data using interoperable standards that can be commercially exploited.

This is set in the EU through the INSPIRE Directive, and while the UK is now off doing their own thing, they still use the same standards.

https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/inspire-directive/2

https://guidance.data.gov.uk/publish_and_manage_data/harvest_or_add_data/inspire/

[-] andruid@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That's great to know! I will have to do some digging to see if the US has some equivalents. Are there any orgs that take that data full time and upload it to openstreet maps?

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

https://www.govt.lc/news/map-saint-lucia

The government of St Lucia organized a mapathon few years ago to map the island.

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