Addresses in POI Files
Wed, 01/28/2009 - 9:21am
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I have recently downloaded several POI files from this site that had only the coordinates in them. No addresses, location names, etc. This makes use of the files very difficult. Addresses have to have been available or the author of the file could not have found the coordinates. Why they didn't get put in the files is a puzzle to me. I would like to urge anyone who uploades a POI file to please provide physical addresses.
This has been dicussed to the point the post was closed...
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong. -Sophocles snɥɔnıɥdoɐ aka ʎɹɐƃ
POI Files
Some people think that if you have the coordinates, Why do you need the address? Just extra typing and larger file size. Most of these POI files were created by people for their own use and out of the goodness of their hearts, shared with the rest of us.
To complain, seams to me somewhat presumptuous.
Complaining
I have contributed a number of POI files to this site, including some fairly large ones. It's no big deal to provide addresses. If the coordinates are incorrect (as many are from time to time), it makes it impossible to find the site without an address. If you have the address, you can enter it into the GPS and find it that way as I have done on occasion and then notified the author of the file, so the coordinates could be corrected. I'm not complaining, just asking. Aophiuchus, you may recall the problems you had when you took over the Walmart file, trying to correct data without addresses.