The main problem is there is currently no clear leader for a current name, and it would be nice to know when the old name was dropped, but to add to the fun, the ONS current name list still uses the old names for both :(
Sent from my android device so quoting is crap ... need to kill these painful email clients! -----Original Message----- From: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> To: talk@openstreetmap.org Sent: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 23:41 Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping what is on the ground ... On 13/09/2015 4:18 AM, Lester Caine wrote: > This is one for the GB list really, but given the debate here and it's > relevance to the discussion I thought it appropriate to widen the exposure. > > I'm battling Facebook and it's crap set of official 'cites' which one is > allowed to select as home places. We won't go on about the location of > my own home town 'Broadway' since I simply refuse to use the Facebook > offering, but just up the road we have 'Weston Sub Edge' and > 'Aston-sub-Edge' as shown on the OS map > http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020328 and reported by > the post office as 'Weston Subedge' and 'Aston Sub Edge'. The road signs > and official material are also incosistent, so while the signs into > Aston show 'ASTON-sub-EDGE', the ones for Weston vary between 'Weston > Sub-Edge and 'Weston-Sub-Edge' but the navigation roadsigns show 'Aston > Subedge' and 'Weston Subedge' mixed with 'Weston-Sub-Edge'. > > Old maps consistently use the 'Subedge' second half and that incudes > what started the fun ... the map showing the 'Weston Subedge Halt' on > the old railway ;) > > I'm asking both parish clerks just what the current legal position is, > but mapping what you see does not help. > Would alt_name= OR name_1= name_2= not help? I suppose the predominate name should be in name= ... _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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