[Talk-ca] Someone adding LKW to truck lanes and parking at border crossings

[Michael Stark]

Is it appropriate to label every lane as "Commercial Truck Route"?

https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/133018698

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 9:08 AM Michael Stark <michael60634 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Further reply on the changesets comments:
>
> "OSM is a globally accessible project. So even for non-US citizens !!!
> They must also be able to read the map !!! HGV and LKW are equivalent
> abbreviations. Only the insulted arrogant one returns correctly made
> repairs. Only a fool prefers a poorly drawn map with a theoretically good
> description."
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/134216339
>
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2023, 2:43 AM Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>
>> Well even if the term "lkw" were ubiquitous it would still not be a
>> suitable value for the "name" tag of a truck lane...
>>
>> On 7/4/23 06:44, Jherome Miguel wrote:
>> > They just replied. Quoting.
>> >
>> > "In Europe, even outside Germany, the abbreviation LKW (freight) or PKW
>> > (passenger) is used. These, on the other hand, do not use the
>> > abbreviation HVG [sic]. I think the combination LKW / TRUCK is used to
>> > describe it, which is understandable to both English and Germans. Some
>> > Americans and Canadians don't know the abbreviation HGV either. Stop
>> > removing the LKW/TRUCK description. Thank you."
>> >
>> > Obviously false. Yes, we don't use HGV, but truck, but the problem is
>> > they also slap LKW under a false assumption. Gahhhhhhhh! They might not
>> > have ever stepped in either Canada or America.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 10:53 PM Paul Norman <osm at paulnorman.ca
>> > <mailto:osm at paulnorman.ca>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On 2023-06-23 3:17 p.m., Jherome Miguel wrote:
>> >      > Some user from Czech Republic has been adding this label
>> "TRUCK/LKW"
>> >      > to truck lanes and parking at border crossings with the US, and
>> this
>> >      > has been annoying me. Unless you speak German, you have no idea
>> >     what a
>> >      > LKW is. Just asked them to stop these. Have anyone did away with
>> >      > these? Already did these with Emerson/Pembina and Stanstead/Derby
>> >     Line.
>> >
>> >
>> >     That name is generally going to be wrong, aside from the LKW part.
>> >     These
>> >     are not streets with a name of TRUCK, and they generally have the
>> same
>> >     name as a larger road, or no name at all.
>> >
>> >
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