I think it is a good idea to name the unnamed paths and tracks to its
Voetweg and Buurtweg name from the Atlas if these roads exists there.
Many muncipalities are rediscovering, revaluating and inventarising
these old and sometimes almost forgotten and often neglected roads.
Many times these unnamed paths get then signs with their Atlas name and
number.
Sometimes when there is a local name in speaking language, the restored
path will be baptised with that name. In that case we alter the name in
OSM to that new name.
It will help these task groups a lot, if they find on our maps already
an inventory of the still existing roads.
Our maps are also ready to use in displaying particular roads or road
segments on their websites.
That way it will also spread OSM to the general public and in return we
may benefit with survey materials from them or get some new mappers.
To me, it makes perfect sense to give all unnamed roads in OSM (tracks
and paths) that exists in the Atlas also their Atlas name and number as
name.
Regards,
Gerard.
Wouter Hamelinck wrote:
If it is on the street sign, I agree to put it in the name tag.
Here, they get new names in most communities. My personal favourite is
"Kakhoekweg". Yes, it exists right here:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.98051&lon=3.85697&zoom=17&layers=M
There is a sign with that name. The sign on the southern end was
recently vandalised, so go to the northern end if you would like to
check.
Map what you see in reality can never do harm.
wouter
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
Where "trage wegen" are being reinstated they are 'named' as Voetweg xx or
Buurtweg yy. Usually there is a name tag on both sides with the same number.
Occasionally there is an arrow with the name of the street the path leads
to. It doesn't hurt to use Voetweg xx or Buurtweg yy as the name when it is
on a street sign.
Polyglot
2011/6/11 Wouter Hamelinck <wouter.hameli...@gmail.com>
The convention I see for mapping buurt- and voetwegen is as follows:
name=Voetweg xx
or
name=Buurtweg yy
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.88679&lon=4.58564&zoom=16&layers=M
In fact, using the name tag is mainly a bad idea because in the Atlas
der Buurtwegen/Atlas des Chemins Vicinaux every chemin/sentier has a
name along with the number. But as far as I know those names are not
used today except when they survived time and are still used as
regular street names. As an example, the street where I live is in the
atlas Chemin no. 3 and has the name "Oudenpontweg". Today it is a
regular street of which the major part is named "Kerkstraat" and a
minor part "Oude Pontweg".
Of course, the atlas is only interesting for what is today a path-like
thing. For those I have never seen a use of the name from the atlas.
In e.g. community councils it is always the number that is mentioned.
wouter
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