[Talk-GB] Adding a further 250, 000 UK roads quickly using a Bot?

Stephen Gower socks-openstreetmap.org at earth.li
Fri Feb 4 12:55:06 GMT 2011


On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 11:18:19AM +0000, Peter Miller wrote:
> I use the following method.
> 
> If the OS name is different from the streetsign and general usage I put it
> in not:name
> If it is apparently a valid alternative I put it on alt_name
> I am not clear why anything else is required.

What do you do when a road has completely gone?  Mascall Avenue in Oxford
has completely gone. There's a new housing estate, with a road network that
doesn't match what was there before, so there's no way to mark with old_name
or not:name or anything.

s



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