Actually I think it is pretty easy, if tedious. Check with the local government office. They have tons of information of interest to OSM. It is a matter of verifying permission to use it, and importing it in some way, or in this case referencing it.
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Kevin Atkinson <ke...@atkinson.dhs.org>wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Dale Puch wrote: > > What locals use can be placed in another tag if it differs from the >> official >> name, but should not be the primary name in the database. Local >> governmental standars do affect how we try to break up the names, but not >> how locals (as in along that street) use the names. >> > > Determining the official name may not always be easy. The only reasonable > thing to do is go with how they are signed, and what locals think the > official name is. > > Can we agree that prefixes should probably be separated out if they are > hardly ever (I don't want to say never as there are always rare exceptions) > included in the street sign in any form? > > For other cases I think we really need some locals input in how naming is > handled in their city. I asked "Vid The Kid" to join in on the > conversation, I think he would provide some valuable feedback. He removed > the prefixes in several streets in Columbus, OH. > > -- Dale Puch
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