[Talk-GB] OS OpenData StreetView

[Craig Loftus]

> OSM has the apostrophe after being surveyed to check (thanks Craig!).

Although I did make the correction and a number of other; this
instance wasn't based on a ground survey, I just decide it made sense.
The track runs passed a cemetery which indicates that it is is
holiness himself that owns the way; for which an apostrophe would be
required.

Although I don't want to discourage you getting more sunshine,
apostrophes are a fun example... street signs can't be taken as the
final word on the name of a road. I know of roads which are signed
with an apostrophe at one end and without at the other. However, do we
then need to worry about street names that have 'legitimately' (with
time) changed as the result of misspelling?! Hmm... much scope for
shed painting in that issue.

The main occurrence of this problem is roads named after saints. Which
have the additional problem of the abbreviated saint (St) and whether
or not periods follow them. I've been fanatically changing them to the
full 'proper' form irrespective of what a particular source says e.g.
"Saint John's Square".

Craig

On 5 May 2010 11:31, Tim Francois <sk1ppy14 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Is that layer 17 I see before me....?!
>
> Also, after my email about name discrepancies between the OS Locator and OS
> StreetView packages, I can now confirm that OS StreetView DOES display
> apostrophes on SOME roadnames. For example, have a look at Pope's Walk
> http://os.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.369529&lon=-2.348878&zoom=17. OS Locator
> says it's Popes Walk (no apostrophe), but StreetView does include the
> apostrophe. OSM has the apostrophe after being surveyed to check (thanks
> Craig!).
>
> I guess even more reason to get outside!
>
> Tim
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