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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,<br>
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My name is Tara and I’m a member of Microsoft OSM Editorial Team.<br>
While naming roads in New Zealand we’ve noticed that there is a different approach to how people map road names containing “-“ in the name. Through overpass-turbo query we have found around 483 cases of highways that contain space before and after dash (e.g.
Kohatu - Wakefield Highway) and around 455 cases of adding “-“ without spaces before or after (e.g. Kohatu-Wakefield Highway).<br>
Government data (<u><a href="https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/3383" target="_blank" title="https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/3383"><span style="color:#6888C9">https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/3383</span></a></u> ) and address points mostly contain names with dash
without spacing on either end (e.g. Kohatu-Wakefield Highway).<br>
Is there some sort of convention or local guideline when it comes to naming these types of roads in OSM?<br>
We want to make sure that we respect local guidelines and therefore any input would be much appreciated.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Tara<o:p></o:p></p>
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