Re: [talk-au] Question Regarding multiple alt_names

2018-11-20 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Here you go Andrew https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/-27.9389/153.3974 The main road shown here is the Gold Coast Hwy & has major signs saying so (& once upon a time was Highway 1!). The East-West section is Brisbane Rd (with street level signs saying so & addresses as xx Brisbane Rd).

Re: [talk-au] Question Regarding multiple alt_names

2018-11-20 Thread Alex Sims
I have an example that has bothering me for some time. This building https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/228033047 is on a dual named street. The ten or so houses on the Southern side of so called “Elderslie Avenue” East of Braund Road are actually Martin Close. Every other house on “Elderslie

Re: [talk-au] Question Regarding multiple alt_names

2018-11-20 Thread Andrew Harvey
Do you have an Australian example? Highway name where the road segment has a different name I would create the relation and put it there. local_name is good for a local or informal or colloquial name. On Wed., 21 Nov. 2018, 4:22 am Nemanja Bračko Hi all, > > Can anyone help us, what we should

Re: [talk-au] Hello!

2018-11-20 Thread Martijn van Exel
By the way - I started collecting the Top Mapper lists for various cities in Australia using my Meet Your Mapper tool[0]. If you find it interesting you can review them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1axVjSpcCuD14AubLzA6E00fMxRLfXBHWPQvdijwsyUM/edit?usp=sharing

Re: [talk-au] Hello!

2018-11-20 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi Joel, Nice to make your virtual acquaintance. I noticed there was a bit of discussion as to how to snap _link / ramp roads to the main highway. The Telenav team uses the convention as described on the wiki, snapping to the main road where the physical separation ends or begins. So the

Re: [talk-au] Question Regarding multiple alt_names

2018-11-20 Thread Martijn van Exel
Hi Nemanja, You can use semicolons if there are multiple alternate names, like alt_name=Big Apple Street;Highway 666. Folks used to use name_1, name_2 but this seems to be generally discouraged now. There is also loc_name but the use of that has always been a bit unclear to me, since local

[talk-au] Question Regarding multiple alt_names

2018-11-20 Thread Nemanja Bračko
Hi all, Can anyone help us, what we should do in the situation when we have more then one alt_name? Imagine the situation: RD_NAME1: New York Street RD_NAME2: Big Apple Street RD_NAME3: US Highway This is not a problem, let's say NY Street is name, US Highway is alt_name (which is part of wider