[Talk-ca] Where the streets have no name...

[Frank Steggink]

Quoting Paul Norman <penorman at mac.com>:

>> From: Frank Steggink [mailto:steggink at steggink.org]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:08 PM
>> To: talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
>> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Where the streets have no name...
>>
>> Bruno,
>>
>> Regarding the double spaces: they are also occurring in the address
>> nodes which come from Canvec. In most cases I would think fixing this
>> automatically is not done, but perhaps a very skilled developer,
>> knowledgeable of the API, and who has experience with this kind of stuff
>> might be able to pick this up. Is this an option? Is this also an issue
>> in other provinces in Canada?
>
> It's doable, but something that we really need to get fixed at the source
> if the issue is still present in CanVec.

True, hopefully someone working at NRCan is following this thread.

> Given that I have code sitting around that could be modified, I could
> probably
> easily throw something together that handles the double-space changes.
>
> Of course, none of this CanVec work is a substitute for actually going out
> and surveying the names in the slices!

Absolutely true, but given the distances, and the amount of time  
surveying takes, it might not be realistic. This proves that OSM  
really needs contributors in at least every city and major towns.

Frank