Could you not just ask the local mapper to knock on any doors in the street and ASK them the name? And then use that local knowledge?
Sent from my iPhone > On 15 Jul 2020, at 08:36, o...@poppe.dev wrote: > > >> I've made an FOI request yesterday and am awaiting a reply. What we could >> also do is find a local mapper to answer what he knows about the street. > > Getting back to something fun, this is what turned up yesterday: > > *** > Your request: > In the ELTHORNE ward, SOA E01001248, there’s a small road-stub between the > area ROYAL GDNS. and BOSTON GDNS., that runs approximately between the > WGS84-coordinates 51.4981160°N 0.3283307°W and 51.4984358°N 0.3273347°W > (OSGB36 between 516136/179011 and 516205/179048). > As an editor in OpenStreetMap I am looking for the NAME of this street stub, > that is available under the Open Government License or any other > OpenDatabaseLicense-compliant form of publication. > > Your request has been assessed and the following information is provided in > response: > > We wish to refer you to the Adopted Roads map for this information. > This can found via: > http://maps.ealing.gov.uk/Webreports/Highways/Adoptedroads.html > You are free to use this information for your own use, including for > non-commercial research purposes. It may also be used for the purposes of > news reporting. Any other type of re-use, for example publishing the > information, issuing copies to the public or marketing, will require our > permission as copyright holder. > If you intend to re-use this information in this manner you must apply to us. > *** > > Firstly, that reply came mere hours after I changed the way to "noname=yes" > and closing the note so that StreetComplete wouldn't complain any longer > (adding ref:usrn=20602512 of course) after I had spoken to a local mapper and > he went to the street and thoroughly checked again, that there's really no > street name signed whatsoever. This adds to impecable timing in my life over > the last few weeks *sic* > > Secondly, lookig at that map, the adopted road scheme REALLY thinks, that > this road is called "Fairfield Road". Darn. > > So, now my question is this: The response said "If you intend to re-use this > information in this manner you must apply to us.". Is this a process that I > want to go through (given, I ever find out who "us" is) and then put the > answer under https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Permissions? > > K > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
