[Talk-GB] London, network=Barclays Cycle Hire

[Phillip Barnett]

+1 for simplifying name. Adding the name of 'sponsor of the week' adds nothing to the utility of the map, and just means extra work for no benefit. We are under no obligation to promote the sponsor.


> On 18 Feb 2017, at 12:43, Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
> 
> I see no problem with this edit, however should we keep changing the
> name of the sponsor, or should we be even more bold and simply call it
> London Cycle Hire, or similar, in the same way the BBC refer to the FA
> Cup rather than the name of the sponsor it happens to have this year?
> 
> My 2 pence worth.
> 
> Phil (trigpoint)
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, 2017-02-18 at 12:31 +0000, Dan S wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Exactly 1 year ago, Harry pointed out that most of London's bike hire
>> scheme was still tagged as "Barclays Cycle Hire" even though it's not
>> called that any more.
>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:WikiProject_United_Kingdom_
>> London_Cycle_Hire#Santander_Cycles>
>> 
>> He said: "I think this is a case where (PROPOSAL) we Londoners should
>> be bold and swap them all over as a single edit."
>> 
>> I concurred back then, and I still do. I invite opinions as to the
>> best value to put in the network=* tag (see the discussion on the
>> wiki, for some suggestions). I've pasted at the end of this email,
>> the
>> current counts of values used.
>> 
>> I'd like to propose carrying out that edit, i.e. a simple edit to the
>> network=* values listed below, for amenity=bicycle_rental. (Note that
>> we'd avoid editing other network=* values such as "Brompton Dock",
>> different scheme.)
>> 
>> Best
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     422     "network": "Barclays Cycle Hire"
>>       1     "network": "Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme"
>>       1     "network": "Barkleys Cycle Hire"
>>       1     "network": "Santander"
>>      20     "network": "Santander Cycle Hire"
>>      42     "network": "Santander Cycles"
>>       1     "network": "TfL"
>>       1     "network": "TFL"
>>       3     "network": "TfL Cycle Hire"
>>       1     "network": "TFL Cycle Hire"
>> 
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