[Talk-GB] Street Names

[Dave F.]

On 30/12/2010 11:57, Andy Berry wrote:
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>> From: "Andy Berry" <andynberry100 at googlemail.com 
>> <mailto:andynberry100 at googlemail.com>>
>> Date: 27 Dec 2010 17:51
>> Subject: Street Names
>> To: <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>>
>>
>> The Street Naming and Numbering Authority is the local council. They 
>> decide and name the streets, They are also responsible for name 
>> plates, but sometimes mistakes are made by the sign maker.
>> Royal Mail PAF is made up by the post men, although they are informed 
>> by the local council, but PAF has no legal standing. Ordnance Survey 
>> use PAF to create Address Layer 2, as its designed to be a postal 
>> address file for the postmen to deliver letters. The Land Registry 
>> use Address Layer 2 to determine their road name. Hopefully this will 
>> all be sorted out in the next couple of years with the creation of a 
>> national address database, created between Local Councils and 
>> Ordnance Survey. It looks like Royal Mail will be sidelined as they 
>> just make the names up.
>> Hope this helps

Yes it does, thanks.

Cheers
Dave F.
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