Discussed as long ago as 2011 on Sabre: https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28139#p571505.
This discussion on Sabre highlights the fact that the Great North Road and current A1, A1(M) route may not always be identical. I know I might refer to older dual carriageway sections of the A1 as the GNR, but not newer motorway sections. The bypasses around Stamford, Grantham & Newark I think I would call A1. The A52 between Nottingham & Derby was named "Brian Clough Way" and has name signs in several places. Parts which have no other name receive the Brian Clough Way name otherwise it goes in alt_name. Personally I think a relation might be better, but this is, nonetheless a precedent. Jerry On 25 June 2018 at 14:13, Stuart Reynolds <stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk> wrote: > So here’s a question. > > As the A1 passes Sandy in Central Bedfordshire, and further south, the > road has local road names. For example, it is London Road past Sandy, and > High Road as it passes Beeston to the south of Sandy. These names are > verifiable from other sources, and while I note that these are DEFRA’s > OS-derived MAGIC map, and Google, I am only using these to confirm data > that I have been given in other contexts. OSM here, though, has “Great > North Road”. This is *_not_* the name of the road. It is more of a > colloquial name for the entire A1 than anything official … although it is > still recognised as a name. > > So how should I tag this? I want to have the correct name for the sections > of A1, yet I don’t know how far these extend (my data lists the street > names at points, not over lengths), and equally I don’t want to lose the > Great North Road tag - just to demote it. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks > Stuart > > ------------------------------------ > Stuart Reynolds > for traveline south east & anglia > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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