Trying to get on touch with (semi) nearby Belgian mappers
Posted by Glenn Plas on 21 August 2011 in English.I love to get in touch with nearby mappers and talk about conventions, how they solve typical Belgian mapping issues. In case I've added you as a friend, well I know we aren't friends (yet) but I would love to discuss and share ideas, especially map editing.
I'm also interested in analyzing the nature of the participation of individuals for a case study (trying to put OSM data ahead of commercial vendors). I have a feeling that Belgians are way behind in their open initiative. I would expect a lot more mappers in the area.
Professionally, I am the principle designer/programmer of a commercial track and trace system. We've been playing with OSM data since the early days when Belgium was nothing but a green triangle. We currently depend heavily on OSM nominatim reverse geocoding use of OSM data and have noticed serious shortcomings in terms of postal code data for Belgium. I also want to hear other opinions about that (reasons why for example). So we are very much keen on getting clean address data into OSM.
Give me a shout if you feel you have a thing or two to share ;-)