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

[Steve Doerr]

From: "Ed Avis" <eda at waniasset.com>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 12:54 PM
> At the risk of reopening the apostrophes war, my point is that issues such 
> as
> Saint vs St, or Queen's Drive versus Queens Drive, are not ones that can 
> be
> resolved by survey.  They are merely orthographic conventions.  Similarly, 
> we
> do not report a mismatch between High Street and HIGH STREET, even though 
> the OS
> map and data uses upper case, and most councils use it for street signs.
>
> However, I've changed my mind - we might as well clear up apostrophes and
> abbreviations at the same time as other things, it's not an obstacle to 
> fixing
> the more serious discrepancies.  So I'm happy for them to be flagged.

One place where I'd wager the OS is wrong is "PEPY'S WAY" in Strood!

-- 
Steve