[Talk-GB] Definitive source for UK streetnames? - OS, 'road name signs', or a council 'list'?

[Lester Caine]

Tom Hughes wrote:
> On 06/08/10 14:36, Lester Caine wrote:
>
>> The councils will be be working to the street table in their LLPG data,
>> and it is that which is supplied TO OS as the 'correct' local
>> information. There is even a mechanism for advising changes and new
>> streets in the update format.
>
> Which doesn't explain why Hertfordshire's gazetteer often seems to
> disagree with the OS about names ;-)

OS don't have to follow the 'updates' ;)
In fact they deliberately add easter eggs here so as to protect their data, but 
hopefully the new 'system' will eliminate that from the equation.

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