[OSM-talk-be] boundary names and my program

[A.Pirard.Papou]

On 2012-11-28 12:09, Ben Laenen wrote :
> On Wednesday 28 November 2012 02:11:17 A.Pirard.Papou wrote:
>> In order for my program (and others) to work and be useful,
>>
>>    * *the names of the borders must be Municipality A — Municipality B*
>>      and not 30 times Belgium — Germany or Liège —Verviers.  Note that
>>      this is border identification. The names Belgium an Germany are
>>      taken from the relations and written on the borderline to indicate
>>      country limits anyway.
> I still think names shouldn't be added to boundaries at all. Add it in a
> note=* tag if you insist on some identification.

My point is not adding names to borderlines.   The names are already there.
My point is that, if they are there, they should be coherent. They are 
very useful for programs, listings and humans to identify a border 
simply when they contain the name of the municipalities but not when 
they contain Belgium — Germany.

I'd like to know if everyone agrees that Burg-Reuland should replace 
"Belgium".

Those names are very useful for humans and for programs (listings are 
dumb without).
We were shown 
http://observatoire.biodiversite.wallonie.be/carto/sites/carte.aspx? 
some time ago.  Quite interesting because it overlapped that map's 
borderlines with ours.
(they seem to have noticed our borders and to have removed theirs by now)
But, while the correspondence was very good in the places I know best, 
it was ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING in some places, mostly signed Mr Verdy.  
Also using rivers and highways.
It is my intention to have a program check all that, to revise, and 
organize the correction.
But if you remove the names I'm using or if they're meaningless I'll 
have to stop my project.

Cheers,

André.


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