[Talk-GB] Mid Devon Mappers - on your marks...

[Borbus]

On 19/03/13 08:49, Colin Smale wrote:
> In case anybody has been updating OSM by removing the apostrophes, you
> might need to put them back again...
>
>
http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/18/apostrophe-ban-council-backs-down-and-reinstates-punctuation-3547409/


Fascinating.  Norwich doesn't use any punctuation on road name signs.  I
actually had to do a survey to check this as, confusingly, the OS
OpenData names *do* use punctuation.  So for example there is a road
that has the sign "St Faiths Road" that exists in OS as "St Faith's
Road", in Google as "St. Faith's Road" (incorrect abbreviation of Saint
in BrE) and in OSM as "Saint Faiths Road" since the wiki says don't use
abbreviations.  Personally I think OSM should always contain what it
says on the sign, though.  Knowing what the map in city hall says is
less important.

-- 
Borbus.