[talk-au] Track route names used to name paths

[Warin]

Hi,


I'm specifically talking of hiking paths.


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Highways I think are already mapped correctly ... digging one out now ..

The Great Western Highway exists as a route of 682 members

Most of the members carry the same name as the route. But some carry 
other names


Such as;

Way: Stewart Street (176174126)     "alt_name"="Great Western Highway"

Way: Durham Street (228061611)    "alt_name"="Great Western Highway"

Way: Sydney Road (375627444)     "alt_name"="Great Western Highway"


The DCS Base Map  agrees in that  'Great Western Highway' does not 
appear in these sections but the name now appearing in OSM is used.

I checked Coles Express Bathurst - their address is given as Durham 
Street not Great Western Highway ... so Durhams Street is used in 
preference to Great Western Highway here.



On 16/5/24 20:23, forster at ozonline.com.au wrote:
> Hi Warin
>
> I would expect the highest order entity, the longest or biggest 
> entity, to be the primary name. For example the Hume Highway will 
> include a lot of High Streets, Station Streets or Main streets of 
> country towns. In my mind its first the Hume Highway and secondly High 
> Street wherever. I havent given it a lot of thought, its just how it 
> feels.
>
> Tony
>
>> HI,
>>
>> On some paths route signs have been used to 'name' the path.
>>
>>
>> One example is the 'Great North Walk', a Sydney to Newcastle walking
>> route, where many of the paths existed before the route was created. I
>> think this is a combination of mistaking the route signage as the track
>> name and route relations not rendering.
>>
>>
>> In the Blue Mountains some paths have more than one OSM way - each with
>> different 'name', at least some of these are routes that may, I repeat
>> may, not be the true path name.
>>
>>
>> Example
>>
>> Way 1199677262 - 'Grand Clifftop Walk'
>>
>> Way 22761613 - 'Overcliff Track' Note NPWS route 'Overcliff-Undercliff
>> track' .. the over cliff track is mapped separately in OSM. A route
>> relation could be made with both these tracks and a website link..
>>
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>>
>> In the Blue Mts where there are overlayed ways and one of them is a
>> route I think it would be best to remove that way and include the
>> remaining way in a route relation .. I think most of this is the 'Great
>> Cliff Top Walk' route and that would then remove the double overlayed
>> ways. .
>>
>>
>> Thoughts/comments ???
>>
>>
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