[Talk-GB] Update bus stop names

[jc129 at mail.com]

On 18 January 2020 at 1340, Cj Malone wrote:
> Although now I have another issue, which data source should be preferred.

Whichever is the most up-to-date in your area. NaPTAN data has a ModificationDateTime field which shows when it was last updated. The SV data doesn't have such info so you'd need local knowledge about that. IoW bus stops seem to be branded which I think is rather unusual, so does the bus operator pay for updating them? That might be a clue to which is more recent.

Neil's example in Bristol shows that the paper timetable board has a newer name than both the metal sign and NaPTAN.

Conversely, in my area when many names/local_refs were changed three years ago, metal signs were changed first but the bus operators still used the old bus stop names until last year, and NaPTAN is a confusing mixture of old and new.

All local authorities are different!

Jez C