OpenStreetMap

Addresses in South Boulder

Posted by Alfred Sawatzky on 16 November 2010 in English.

I have been experimenting with loading addresses into my neighborhood in South Boulder. I think addresses are important information for future routing, but the labels produced by the rendering engines seem to clutter the map. I think the labels are the right size, but the nature of having an address at each property parcel seems to add too many points. While address ranges might reduce the clutter, having parcel-based address locations makes routing more accurate.

I'm not sure what to do.

Location: Martin Acres, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, 80305, United States

Discussion

Comment from Milliams on 16 November 2010 at 16:04

If you've got the data, add it. Don't worry about the rendering -- it's only the rendering.

Comment from compdude on 18 November 2010 at 00:11

Milliams is right. It's the information in OSM that matters--not the way it renders. Don't worry about it. Every part of the map should include all the detail that's there.

Comment from danpat on 18 November 2010 at 16:12

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-37.778712,145.457219&spn=0.002968,0.005783&z=18

Here's how Google renders individual land parcels and addresses. It seems to work out fine if the rendering logic is good. Add the data, work out the rendering issues later.

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