[Talk-GB] Street name disagreement - whose right or wrong?

[Richard]

On Sunday 26 December 2010 13:42:47 Dave F. wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a street in my area whose name is being contest by another
> mapper. To prevent it reducing to a tit-for-tat retaliations I'd thought
> it best to get it adjudicated here.
> 
> I think it's X because it signed on the ground & in OS Locator as such.
> 
> He thinks it's Y because "Royal Mail PAF and Land Registry say Y"
> 
> AFAIK the PAF isn't publicly accessible so can't be verified (maybe he's
> a postman?).
> 
> I didn't know that the Land Registry had such information.
> 
> I've contacted him asking for verification.
> 
> Are OSM allowed to use data from these organizations?
> 
> Who do you think is correct?
> 
> Any other information or comments welcome?
> 
> Cheers
> Dave F.
> 

My personal opinion is that "Signed on the ground" should always take 
precedence.

However I've got one road local to me that is signed "Paradise" at one end and 
"Paradise Place" at the other.


-- 
Richard.
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