[Talk-GB] OS Opendata names copied in Harrow

[Peter Miller]

On 18 May 2011 13:01, Andrew <andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> An editor has cleared the OSL difference analysis in the London Borough of
> Harrow (http://www.itoworld.com/product/data/osm_analysis/area?name=Harrow
> )
> with the unusually low score of 5 not:names out of 1800. As someone who
> used
> to live in the area, I find some of the names that were put onto the map
> surpising, for instance the road I’ve always known as Paines Lane
> (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/8609572). When I asked the editor
> concerned where the names had come from I was told that the names had come
> from OS Opendata and sometimes visits to the streets. Paines Lane may not
> have
> been one of the streets the editor visited because it is spelt that way on
> all
> of its street signs.
>

When someone added names from OS Locator they should also add a
'source:name' tag as well which can easily be achieved using by pressing 'b'
when the OS Locator background is selected. It is unfortunate that Potlatch
does not show this on its main tag panel unless one is in advanced mode. For
a while I didn't think that B did anything at all.

Of course.... an OS Bot would always include the relevant tagging and also a
surveyed=no which would make it easier to go and check everything by hand
later if one so wished. After a visit the surveyed tag could be removed and
the source:name changed.

However... I got such a hostile reception from some quarters last time I
mentioned the OS bot that I am certainly not going to risk it again ;)

Regards,


Peter



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