<div dir="ltr"><div>A few general points:</div><div><br></div><div>* Google certainly uses OS Open Data for street names in the UK. I corrected a few a while back via the OSGB feeback and they then filtered through to Google Maps. In one case the GSV clearly showed the correct name on the road sign.</div><div>* The first couple of examples provided by the MS team look like mobile home parks/caravan sites. In these cases, as with many industrial estates, the name most likely does not really belong on the road, and they should be mapped using addr:place.</div><div>* Any potential comparison with PAF-derived data may be awkward from both OSM's T&Cs and those of the Royal Mail. (see discussions of Land Registy Prices Paid data <i>inter alia</i>).</div><div>* OS Open Data is a good source of roads which actually have names. I think the error rate is much lower than when the data was first released in 2010: at least in part because we have provided feedback. (The most common significant issue was incorrect position of road name changes).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 11:06, Simon Poole <<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch">simon@poole.ch</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>PS: <a class="m_533018231258142058moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/48658548" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/48658548</a> in the example
actually does have a sign and may be an exception or simply an
error on behalf of the municipality.<br>
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<div class="m_533018231258142058moz-cite-prefix">Am 30.08.2018 um 11:58 schrieb Simon
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<p>I can't speak specifically for the UK, but in general I would
not consider google of any use at all for determining if a road
has a name or not.</p>
<p>Wit for example <a class="m_533018231258142058moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.google.ch/maps/@46.7958402,10.2534831,18z" target="_blank">https://www.google.ch/maps/@46.7958402,10.2534831,18z</a>
Not a single of those "named-in-google" streets actually has a
name.</p>
<p>Simon<br>
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<div class="m_533018231258142058moz-cite-prefix">Am 29.08.2018 um 22:21 schrieb Jubal
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<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText">Hi Everyone,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Our Open
Maps team (<a href="https://github.com/microsoft/open-maps" target="_blank">https://github.com/microsoft/open-maps</a>)
has been taking a closer look at OSM in the UK. Some of
you may have seen my session in Milan where we talked
about Microsoft’s ongoing </span>OSM <span style="color:black">work </span>in<span style="color:black"> Australia.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">We found a
few examples of roads missing names that we could use some
local help with. There does not appear to be an official
name for the examples below and we’re trying to figure out
if they came from a local source, ground survey or
something else entirely.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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Name<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Google<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Bing<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Coach
road estate<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/67494787" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/67494787</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/PQXATz4iNMQ2" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/PQXATz4iNMQ2</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="https://binged.it/2o1mF1v" target="_blank">https://binged.it/2o1mF1v</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Rosneath
Castle Caravan Park<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/92291906" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/92291906</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/5zn1EEXwYER2" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/5zn1EEXwYER2</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="https://binged.it/2BCrYOr" target="_blank">https://binged.it/2BCrYOr</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Merville
Garden Village<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/139461452" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/139461452</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/YdH5HCvhTqK2" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/YdH5HCvhTqK2</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="https://binged.it/2BCq9Rx" target="_blank">https://binged.it/2BCq9Rx</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Stadium
Mews<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/260127900" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/260127900</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/JJNxamCgLy12" target="_blank">https://goo.gl/maps/JJNxamCgLy12</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="https://binged.it/2C0LAw1" target="_blank">https://binged.it/2C0LAw1</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">These are
not major roads but they are associated with a large
number of residential addresses so any help understanding
the source of the road names would be helpful.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Thank You<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">-Jubal<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jharpster" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jharpster</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="m_533018231258142058MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://github.com/jharpster" target="_blank">https://github.com/jharpster</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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