[Talk-GB] "road names" along the A50 (and elsewhere)

[Richard Mann]

I'd use alt_name. At least it's an established place to look for
"alternative" stuff.


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemed.net>wrote:

> Rovastar wrote:
> > "Fos­ton Hat­ton Hilton Bypass", etc  don't as far I I know appear on
> > the ground however I think the some record should appear in
> > OSM. I am worried about the trend in this case of placing them
> > as the "name" of the road as what reference point would people
> > use for these.
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> Having lived near there (part time) for six years, certainly I never heard
> anyone call it that.
>
> I tend to tag C-roads with admin_ref rather than ref, on the basis that
> it's
> a reference for administrative purposes rather than general usage. By the
> same token, maybe admin_name would work here, or something like it.
>
> cheers
> Richard
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