Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Typos in Townland names

2017-02-15 Thread Brian Tuffy
Hi Colm, Thanks for your addition, every little helps! I agree with you that we must not assume that the mistake is always in the OSM entry. Often the entry in OSM is of greater value, even if it does not match any official names, for example, I have added the local name of a townland "Guesdian"

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Typos in Townland names

2017-02-15 Thread Brian Tuffy
just to follow up on my own post, another way to tackle this is to take a look at Rory's Loganim import page on townlands.ie which I highly recommend you take a look at. https://www.townlands.ie/static/logainm/ Each red x on these pages means that the loganim irish names tags are not in OSM for

Re: [OSM-talk-ie] Typos in Townland names

2017-02-15 Thread Colm Moore
Hi, I corrected at least one - Kiltalown in Dublin- after checking with Rory: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4513764 However, in dealing with 60,000+ names, we need to be careful and not assume that all the mistakes are in the OSM data entry - it may be that there are errors in