[talk-au] Centrelink locations

[Steve Bennett]

On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> But isn't this a problem with the user i.e. the GPS unit software?
> I.e. shouldn't the suburb be retrieved from an admin boundary if
> required? IMHO the name=* value should be the name. If it's actually
> called "Bairnsdale Centrelink" then fine, but I wouldn't add it just
> to change the behaviour of some other software.
>
>
IMHO, the tag "name" is really not enough. I've often wanted at least three
tags:
1) The genuine most official name of the place - in this case, Bairnsdale
Centrelink
2) The best name to show on a map, given local context: Centrelink
3) A descriptive name, when I don't know 1). I feel weird tagging
"name=Bowls Club" - that's clearly not the name, I just don't know the real
name. Yet I would rather see "Bowls Club" on a map, than nothing.

Steve
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