Re: [Talk-GB] un-named roads in UK
On 30 August 2018 at 10:58, Simon Poole wrote: > I can't speak specifically for the UK, but in general I would not consider > google of > any use at all for determining if a road has a name or not. Potential licensing issues notwithstanding, it's often possible to read street name signs in Google Streetview. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] un-named roads in UK
On 31/08/2018 15:30, Steve Doerr wrote: On 30/08/2018 22:26, Mark Goodge wrote: It was incredibly confusing to visitors, as the hamlet was nowhere near the post town. So we inserted "near [parish name]" as the second line, when giving the address. Off-topic, but the Royal Mail have long discouraged the use of 'Near', but they do allow the use of 'Via'. I know. But they're not equivalent. Just because a location is "near" a named place, that does not make it necessary or desirable to travel "via" that place to get there. And, since the problem is created by Royal Mail's suboptimal approach to postal addresses in rural areas, we didn't feel in any way obliged to follow their preferences in the matter. The post always got to us anyway; it was non-RM deliveries that were the issue. These days, of course, it wouldn't really matter. Nobody uses the full postal address to locate a destination, they just plug the postcode into their satnav or other mapping application and then just use the street part of the address for the final leg if necessary. Mark ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] un-named roads in UK
On 30/08/2018 22:26, Mark Goodge wrote: It was incredibly confusing to visitors, as the hamlet was nowhere near the post town. So we inserted "near [parish name]" as the second line, when giving the address. Off-topic, but the Royal Mail have long discouraged the use of 'Near', but they do allow the use of 'Via'. -- Steve --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] un-named roads in UK
On 30/08/2018 17:40, Ed Loach wrote: I missed the start of this thread as I was away, but there are some unnamed roads in England with houses on that just have a postal address in the format house name, hamlet name, parish name, postal town or at least there is the one where I commented on this note: https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/1390266 for this way https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/26465561 Referred to as Ravens Green Lane in this Historic England listing: https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1147155 Ordnance Survey doesn't seem to give it a name though. -- Steve --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] un-named roads in UK
Am 30.08.2018 um 23:26 schrieb Mark Goodge: > .. > > This is actually a problem for OSM, as the address tags don't allow > for a house number to be attached to anything other than a street > name. But, in rural areas, it can often be a hamlet name. > > ... Pointing out the obvious, that is what addr:place is for. So it isn't actually an issue. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] GB does not include Northern Ireland
Although Dave’s edits left out Northern Ireland, (https://www.mail-archive.com/talk-gb@openstreetmap.org/msg16162.html) the question of whether similar edits should take place there was left open. -- Andrew From: Brian Prangle Sent: 29 August 2018 13:20 To: Dave F; Talk GB; Killyfole and District Development Association Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] GB does not include Northern Ireland I thought that you said c roads would remain in NI but judging by Clive's reaction I thought something must have changed. He's obviously not convinced that c roads are going to remain in NI so perhaps you should make it even more abundantly and explicitly clear that this is the case and have it documented clearly in all the right places. Can I suggest that perhaps you might also benefit from your own advice when making future country-wide automatic edits Regards Brian On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 21:42, Dave F mailto:davefoxfa...@btinternet.com>> wrote: On 28/08/2018 20:24, Brian Prangle wrote: > I suggest at the very least that the change is reverted for NI. > I wish people would read before putting their hands anywhere near a keyboard. DaveF ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
