[Talk-GB] >- Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO

[Ed Avis]

It is quite common to add 'note' tags to OSM documenting why the data is tagged
as it is, e.g.

    note=This used to be a pub, but is now closed
    note=There is no street sign, but locals confirm the name
    note=It appears OS has the wrong name 'Abbey Road'; street sign is Abbey Way

Now, none of these strictly correspond to information on the ground.  They are
all meta-information of some kind.  All the 'not:name' tag is doing is to take
the third of these examples and formalize it a bit so that it can be used by
automated tools.  I think this is useful information to have in OSM.

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Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>