[Talk-GB] Local names of bits of trunk roads
Adam Snape
adam.c.snape at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 15:38:45 UTC 2018
Hi,
If this is to be mapped shouldn't it be as a historic feature rather than
a (current) road route?
By the way I tend to use loc_name for a colloquial name regardless of
whether it is just used by local people.
Kind regards,
Adam
On 25 June 2018 at 15:59, Paul Berry <pmberry2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Someone's had a brave go at defining that very relation:
> http://osm.org/relation/2776562
>
> Feel free to extend it, bearing in mind the Great North Road != A1 (M or
> otherwise).
>
> Regards,
> *Paul*
>
> On 25 June 2018 at 14:44, David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> On 25/06/18 14:13, Stuart Reynolds wrote:
>>
>>> So how should I tag this? I want to have the correct name for the
>>> sections of A1, yet I don’t know how far these extend (my data lists the
>>> street names at points, not over lengths), and equally I don’t want to lose
>>> the Great North Road tag - just to demote it.
>>>
>>>
>> I would say that the name should be that which is locally sign posted,
>> for which you will need an on the ground survey.
>>
>> I think I would agree with the discussion that suggests "Great North
>> Road" for the entirety, should be a [route] relation.
>>
>>
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