At last! A grain of ground truth. Map what you can see +1 to that On 4 November 2014 22:17, Chris Hill <o...@raggedred.net> wrote:
> On 04/11/14 22:04, Colin Smale wrote: > >> >> Hang on a minute... the name tag should contain the most common name, or, >> as the wiki puts it, the "common default name." There are other tags for >> enthousiasts to store official names, legal names, alternate names, brands, >> operators etc which, in a certain frame of reference, can also be "correct" >> in their own way. What goes in the basic "name" tag should be what "most >> people" would call it, and, implicitly, should be written how "most people" >> would write it. IMHO "most people" would write Spar, Asda, Brantano and >> only trademark junkies would write ASDA for example (discounting people who >> would write any answer in all capitals anyway). >> >> C. >> >> >> I would write what it says on the sign on the shop. That's why I tag > ASDA as ASDA, that's what it says on the sign. I don't look at their > website, their advertising or their letter heads. I use ground truth. I'm > not a trademark junkie, I'm a mapper who tries to get it right. > > -- > Cheers, Chris > user: chillly > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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