Highland County, Virginia Address Import

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Highland County, Virginia Address Import is a in-progress one-time import of Virginia Address Points, covering Highland County, VA.

Goals

Realizing the necessity of accurate and complete map data, the user of this account desires to improve OSM in Highland county by maintaining up to date address points, driveways, & routes; so that OSM can be counted on as a dependable source of routing for everyone, specifically first responders.

Schedule

Background

Proposal started: 2024-05-24

Data formatting complete: 2024-05-24

Import begun: 2024-05-31

Import complete:

Since the intention is to be capable of provided accurate address data to first responders, error on the side of leaving an address point rather than removing it, is given when there is uncertainty if an addressable object exists on-the-ground. To clarify this, the address data source is authoritive. Meaning, any address could absolutely be dispatched as a 911 address. When an address is assigned to an open field or parcel of land, where no signs of construction are taking place, it is often removed.

Import Data

Virginia Address Points: https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/VGIN::virginia-address-points/about
Type of license: Public Domain

When question arise, refernce can be made from the Highland County GIS. VGIN road centerline data will be used to correct road names. Note however, the goal of this import is addresses, not roads. Roads will be fixed as encountered.

Import Type

One Time Import.

Status

Import progress table
Chunk Changeset Date
1 152097445 2024-05-31
2 152171869 2024-06-02
3 152416605 2024-06-08
4 152419528 2024-06-08
5 152424737 2024-06-08
6 152770853 2024-06-16
7 152964534 2024-06-20
8
9
10
11
12

Data Preparation

Tagging Plans

Tag Example Data
addr:housenumber 68
addr:street West Railroad Avenue
addr:city Craigsville
addr:state VA
addr:postcode 24430
addr:unit Contains unit Identifier
Key:addr:unit:label Contains unit designator
Names Fairfield Elementary School
Key:fixme review name *Only when the name tag exists

A dedicated user account is used for the import.

Data formatting

Download Text data from VGIN address points.

Credit to @tekim for writing a Python script to format the data.

formatted data is on Github.

Data Merge Workflow

Conflation

Using JOSM, with the conflation and mapwithai plugin. This preserves the existing nodes or buildings of currently mapped POIs and structures. If a single address is assigned to a building, it is merged with the building. If multiple addresses or units are assigned to a building, they are left as nodes on the building. If the addr:unit is the only differentiator, the building is tagged with the address number only.

Discussion

OSM Community: proposed-import-of-address-points-in-highland-county-va/113702

QA

Manual QA by JOSM review plugin.

See also