[talk-au] NSW Bridle Track

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I have previously suggested in several posts that we should not rely on the NSW Base Map if there is another source of information, primarily because outdated information is often not updated in the Base Map.

However, in this instance, I think the Base Map shows the correct name. 

When OSM was initially permitted access to a range of NSW Government sources including the Base Map, Imagery, Topographic Map etc, one of the resources was the NSW Address Location Service. I understand that this is used for emergency services (fire, ambulance, police etc) and there has been an imperative to maintain its accuracy. I have found it very useful in instances where there is uncertainty over the name of a road. When the Base Map is wrong, the Address Location Service shows the correct name.  I'm not sure if there are other ways to access it, but I do so by inserting  a housenumber, road name, road type, suburb and postcode in a string that confirms if an address is correct or provides no output if wrong. If the housenumber is the only incorrect data, it may return a result with a nearby housenumber.  When I inserted "Bridle" and "Track" no output was produced, indicating this was an incorrect address. When I inserted "The Bridle" and "Track", I received a positive output indicating that "The Bridle Track" is the officially correct name.

If anyone is interested, here are two URLs that I used in this exercise:

https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/services/public/Address_Location?houseNumber=4176&roadName=Bridle&roadType=Track&suburb=Bruinbun&postCode=2795&projection=EPSG%3A4326

https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/services/public/Address_Location?houseNumber=4176&roadName=The Bridle&roadType=Track&suburb=Bruinbun&postCode=2795&projection=EPSG%3A4326

The way the output is displayed seems to vary slightly with different browsers (I prefer Firefox)  but the essential information is the same, whichever browser one uses.




On Mon, 6 Mar 2023, at 8:59 PM, Mark Pulley wrote:
> One question I forgot to ask yesterday - what do I call the track?
>
> When I did my original survey in 2009, I called it ‘Bridle Track’. At 
> some stage it was changed to “The Bridle Track” as that is the name 
> used on the DCS NSW Base Map.
>
> All the road name signs I saw on this trip have “Bridle Track” (without 
> the “The”)
>
> The signs on the camp areas had “Bridle Track” at the top near the 
> reserve name, but “The Bridle Track” on the map on the signs.
>
> Should I remove the “The” from the name? 
>
> Mark P.
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