Post to list as well<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kevin Peat</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kevin@kevinpeat.com">kevin@kevinpeat.com</a>></span><br>
Date: 5 November 2010 09:27<br>Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO - apostrophes<br>To: Ed Avis <<a href="mailto:eda@waniasset.com">eda@waniasset.com</a>><br><br><br><div class="im">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 November 2010 14:23, Ed Avis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eda@waniasset.com" target="_blank">eda@waniasset.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I am sorry to reopen this topic but I think it would be a good idea to reconsider<br>
the checking of punctuation in the OS Locator tiles.<br>
<br>
Look at central Exeter for example:<br>
<<a href="http://oscompare.raggedred.net/?zoom=15&lat=50.72407&lon=-3.52609&layers=B0TF" target="_blank">http://oscompare.raggedred.net/?zoom=15&lat=50.72407&lon=-3.52609&layers=B0TF</a>><br>
<br>
Three-quarters of the differences reported here are in the presence or absence<br>
of a single apostrophe. This masks the more important discrepancies and makes<br>
the report less useful.<br>
<br>
I know that in principle, apostrophe differences can be resurveyed, tracked<br>
down, investigated with phone calls to the council's naming department, etc.<br>
But in practice many mappers will prefer to concentrate on substantial<br>
differences and missing streets, considering punctuation less important.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div>Ed - I think specifically for Exeter as there are only 118 total differences if the OS names are added where we don't have a name at all and any obvious typos fixed then what is left (max 50?) could easily be surveyed in a couple of trips. I did that for Torbay and managed to get the differences down to zero. In most cases we were in error but there were a couple of OS errors (when compared to the signage) so I think it is worth doing.<br>
<br>More generally mappers will have to decide if they can be bothered or not.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Kevin<br>
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