[Talk-GB] Acceptability of data sources for road names

[Paul Bivand]

Small cautionary note on Housing development sales boards.

Development names may well be different from local authority final names. 

In my patch we have had a development known as Capstone Heights with that name 
on all the development signs including maps. However the local authority 
allocated the street name 'Ward View'.

The OSM name has to be the road sign name.

For rural road and path names I'd be tempted to use OS 1:25k or 1:10k, with 
the more extreme nerds going down the county record office to check the mid-
nineteenth century tithe map (very large scale with all paths, woods and fields 
named).

Paulbiv



On Sunday 30 Sep 2012 12:51:43 Lester Caine wrote:
> Donald Noble wrote:
> > I would appreciate some opinions on acceptable data sources for road
> > names when out surveying, particularly thinking about new housing
> > developments here, but could apply elsewhere too.
> > 
> > Of the six data sources below, the first and last are pretty black and
> > white OK and not OK respectively, but what about the shades of grey in
> > between?
> > 
> > 1. Road sign saying "Main Street"
> > 2. Sign on house door "6 Main Street"
> > 3. Information board with map labelling road as "Main Street"
> > 4. Housing development sales board with map labelling road as "Main
> > Street"
> > 5. Map on housing development sales website labelling road as "Main
> > Street"
> > 6. Commercial map of new housing development labelling road as "Main
> > Street"
> > 
> > And one other that doesn't fit on this continuum is asking a local
> > resident what the name of the new road is.
> > 
> > I suppose this also applies to other information too, although perhaps
> > with additional caveats, especially if it is rarely available on signs
> > on the ground.
> > 
> > Sorry if this has been covered before, but I've not come across it.
> 
> World Wide this is a continual debate, where different translations and
> 'changes of ethnicity' result in roads being CALLED something different ;)
> 
> The rule is 'map what is on the ground', so road signs rule, but there may
> well be alternative versions, such as two languages - welsh creates some
> fun. If a house door has details on then that should be tagged against the
> house. It may actually be different to the street sign :)
> 
> OFFICIAL new street names are created by the local council and logged with
> their LLPG officer who will update the NLPG at regular intervals. Streets
> form their own register at http://www.thensg.org.uk ... NOW we just need
> free access to it and a bot that can cross check that all of the entries
> exist in OSM :)
> 
> THAT is a request I've put through on the open data questionair, but if we
> all ask? In the meantime, the local council have to make the data available
> under open access, so the information is freely available locally.