[Talk-GB] Map layer with OS Locator comparison from ITO - handling already-tagged fixmes

[Tom Evans]

> Often when OS and OSM disagree I will tag this in the OSM database with a note
> such as
>
>      FIXME=Check name - OSM has Marefield Gardens, OS has Maresfield Gardens
>
> Usually I will also delete the name= tag, so that the street shows up in noname
> checks to be resurveyed (and because the correct name is unknown).

Isn't that last act a little rash?

You then create a system where somebody goes out and maps stuff, but 
then whenever we have another source (of which there are a growing 
number) which disagrees, data gets cleared, then maybe restored later 
after somebody goes out there again?  How about in any case of 
disagreement you flag it, but leave the data *exactly as it is* until 
someone can go and check it?

Apart from anything else, there are people *using* OSM data (me for 
one).  If they look at the main site, or a Garmin map generated while 
the name was removed, what do they get?  In this case, you've just 
removed a useful street name because you had a small doubt that it 
wasn't perfect.

As another suggestion: Is there a special tag we can add to force it to 
highlight on the noname check without actually destroying the name tag?

Tom