Re: [Talk-GB] Acceptability of data sources for road names

2012-10-02 Thread Andy Robinson
:59 To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Subject: [Talk-GB] Acceptability of data sources for road names I would appreciate some opinions on acceptable data sources for road names when out surveying, particularly thinking about new housing developments here, but could apply elsewhere too

Re: [Talk-GB] Acceptability of data sources for road names

2012-09-30 Thread Borbus
On 30/09/12 10:59, Donald Noble wrote: And one other that doesn't fit on this continuum is asking a local resident what the name of the new road is. This seems completely obviously ok to me, why would you think otherwise? I too have wondered about signs with maps on them. The thing is, you

Re: [Talk-GB] Acceptability of data sources for road names

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Bivand
Small cautionary note on Housing development sales boards. Development names may well be different from local authority final names. In my patch we have had a development known as Capstone Heights with that name on all the development signs including maps. However the local authority