[talk-au] Sydney-Canberra trip

Richard Weait richard at weait.com
Tue Jul 20 13:57:40 BST 2010


On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:24 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20 July 2010 16:10, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why not use:
>>
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:noname
>
> I was told in the UK they have streets that aren't named, where as in
> Australia all streets do have names, I sent an email to this list some
> time ago asking for suggestions on what to do in the situation of a
> lack of street signs... Still waiting on some discussion, in the end I
> just updated the Aussie tagging guidelines based on what some other
> mappers were doing:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#How_can_I_tag_streets_with_missing_signs.2Fno_names.3F

Asking a local is one option.  I go with, "I'm so lost.  Can you tell
me what street this is?"

Visiting a business and asking for a business card is another option.
Business cards generally include addresses.




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