07:21
TO: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
SUBJECT: Re: [Talk-GB] Allegedly named motorways
Most of the names in the South East seem to have been added by two
(prolific) specific mappers. Has anyone asked them about their source and
motivation? It would sound fair to consult them and hear them
On 19/11/14 08:32, Colin Smale wrote:
must they have a postcode and therefore a street address
Post codes don't have to have street addresses. Some are used for box
numbers and there are, I think, two postcode regions, BX being one, that
have no geographic locality.
However, the service
To: Andy Robinson
Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: RE: [Talk-GB] Allegedly named motorways
I wonder how motorway services get their post delivered. If they have a letter
box, must they have a postcode and therefore a street address? I know in NL
motorways sometimes have official names
On Tue, 18 Nov 2014, SomeoneElse wrote:
A welsh stretch of M4 is apparently named Mr:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24272190/history
Looks like a typo, M4 vs. Mr — the r is just one key off the 4 on my
keyboard.
cheers,
Derick___
Talk-GB
There seem to be quite a few GB motorways in OSM with names, and some of
those names don't look very plausible. For example, there's:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37906957
This is the M4 past Heathrow and apparently it is named the Chiswick to
Langley Special Road. That name seems to
On 18/11/2014 23:06, SomeoneElse wrote:
There's a similar issue a bit further out, the Slough-Maidenhead
By-Pass:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/81517663
http://ris.dev.openstreetmap.org/oslmusicalchairs/map?osl_id=18177
Again that sounds like a description; I've never seen that sign on
There is some evidence of these names being used when the roads were built
eg
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1459443
South Wales Motorway (M4): Chiswick to Langley Special Road; contract
for Boston Manor Bridge
But I don't think they are useful now.
On 18 Nov 2014
Most of the names in the South East seem to have been added by two
(prolific) specific mappers. Has anyone asked them about their source
and motivation? It would sound fair to consult them and hear them out.
Having said that, one of the top rules in my mkgmap[1] style is
highway=motorway
are no longer used on the ground then a former_name tag would
be appropriate.
Cheers
Andy
From: Colin Smale [mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl]
Sent: 19 November 2014 07:21
To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Allegedly named motorways
Most of the names in the South East seem
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