On 29/05/2015, SomeoneElse <li...@atownsend.org.uk> wrote: > I'd say that whether or not a name is actually usable to help navigate > to a place is a pretty important piece of information.
True. And that what "name" should give you. The "name:CC" tags should not be a hindrance, at most they should be given alongside "name" by your satnav. > For example, > when processing OSM data for my own use I'll try and drop unsigned names > and refs from roads (there's no point in saying "turn left on Foo > Street" if "Foo Street" does not appear on the sign). That's really neat. How do you know wether a street is signposted or not ? I don't know of any tag that gives that info. I can't imagine a good heuristic using name:CC. I've added quite a few unsignposted street names by asking locals. > It's the same > principle here - if there are 300 names for a place, are you really > suggesting that I have to do an external check to some other database to > find that as it's in South Wales, signs are likely to be in Welsh and > English, so it's those language names that I need to look out for? What's wrong with "name" ? What's the UK policy on the content of "name" for places with Welsh and English names ? If you want to see Welsh names as often as possible but still make the local name more prominent, use "local name (welsh name if different)" in your map generating script. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
