[talk-au] Advice on Tags in a Hamlet

[Andrew Davidson]

If the street sign at the end says Smith St then that should go in as 
the name tag. Lalbert Kerang Rd can go in as the alt_name tag.

On 16/01/17 10:30, Simon Slater wrote:
> G'day all,
> 	We needed our daughter to pick something up from Lalbert and since she
> had never driven there herself, we looked up the map.  However, Smith St did
> not appear, instead tagged as the Lalbert Kerang Rd, as here: https://
> www.openstreetmap.org/way/80838220#map=17/-35.67595/143.37920
>
> For the locals and for street numbers, it is Smith St, at least from the Swan
> Hill - Donald road to the rail tracks.  How can I tag to reflect this, leaving
> the Lalbert - Kerang tag for the bigger picture?
>
> On a secondary note, the node for Lalbert is in the middle of empty land:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1774352212#map=16/-35.6726/143.3759 Should
> this be moved a bit more centrally, like near the cafe and garage on Main St?
>
> I have seen both these scenarios a few times in the hamlets around here.
> Apart from tidiness, would this also improve routing?
>