[Talk-ca] [Talk-us] "Highway X" and the like as names

[Kevin Farrugia]

Currently they have addresses through their LODE program available, but
it's an aggregation of currently open data sets from lower levels of
government, so it's not complete. They were/are looking at making their own
addresses public at some point since they have them for the Census, but not
sure what the status of that is...

-Kevin


On Sun., Jan. 23, 2022, 11:30 a.m. john whelan, <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The other approach would be Stats Canada has an address for every house
> for one of its surveys.  Unemployment but they don't call it that.  I'm
> pretty certain they are available through Open Data and the license works.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 9:37 AM John Whelan, <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think my acid test would be what address would I use to call emergency
>> services?  Remembering these can be federal, provincial or municipal.
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
>> Jherome Miguel wrote on 1/22/2022 10:51 PM:
>>
>> I may fall back on using "Highway X" or something similar when it's
>> predominantly or consistently used across the stretch of road within the
>> same municipality or another where the highway runs, but there are some
>> instances addresses within the same municipality or another along the same
>> numbered highway may use another road name. For example, one property will
>> use "Highway X" on their address while another property nearby or further
>> down the road (within the same municipality or another) uses "Range Road
>> XX" or something like that. Another issue is with the naming of
>> service/frontage roads ("service road" common usage in Alberta), but that's
>> another story and may be complex as they may have their own names (e.g.
>> Highway 16A service roads in Spruce Grove and Acheson, and Yellowhead
>> service roads in Edmonton, many of which are pre-existing roads or grid
>> roads).
>>
>> Also an additional thought, this issue may also apply to grid roads as
>> well, as they may get prominent names often posted in advance at highway
>> intersections, but in many cases addresses will be using the grid road
>> number (either based on city/town grid or Alberta/Dominion survey grid).
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 8:02 PM john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So in your example of a house address I personally would fall back on
>>> the official Canada Post mailing address and use that highway name for the
>>> name or is that too simple?
>>>
>>> Cheerio John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 9:46 PM Jherome Miguel, <jheromemiguel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I’m talking about predominant usage to record in the name=* tag, which
>>>> can be uncertain, and you might want a name that should be the most useful
>>>> for the most data users. In this situation, you got some name in addition
>>>> to "Highway X". Sometimes, those names are commonly used (e.g.
>>>> Trans-Canada, QE2, Yellowhead, Anthony Henday), and in others, its just the
>>>> number (as in my local examples; the road has name[s] but is more commonly
>>>> referred to by number). The name is on signs at intersections, interchanges
>>>> or on-/off-ramps or the trailblazer at about every 20 km, but locals will
>>>> use the highway number for directions or rural addressing. I did replace
>>>> cases of "Highway X" across Alberta, but the address signs may say
>>>> something as "1234 Highway X", and/or the locals will use the highway
>>>> number for wayfinding.
>>>>
>>>
>>
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