Re: [talk-au] Railway Station Naming Dispute

2011-02-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Alex Lum sierra.os...@gmail.com wrote: In any case, we should be mapping what's on-the-ground anyway, i.e. the station signage (unless this signage is contradictory in which case it may

Re: [talk-au] Railway Station Naming Dispute

2011-02-03 Thread John Berkers
I'm relatively new to OSM, but thought that I would weigh into the debate. I lived in Ferntree Gully for 5 years (84-89), and then travelled through both Upper Ferntree Gully and Ferntree Gully stations for another 10-15 years. As far as I can remember, the signs at the station have always used

Re: [talk-au] Railway Station Naming Dispute

2011-02-03 Thread Richard Weait
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:39 PM, John Berkers be...@ozemail.com.au wrote: I'm relatively new to OSM, but thought that I would weigh into the debate. Hi John, Welcome! And great local background. Thank you. Lastly, the original request was for advice on how to handle the situation with the

Re: [talk-au] Railway Station Naming Dispute

2011-02-03 Thread Stephen Hope
I'd keep both names - name= and alt_name= ( or old_name=). This is better for lookup purposes, as either version would then find this station. And it's not wrong, as it seems the other version was correct at one time. Whether that would be acceptable to the other editor is another problem.