[Talk-GB] The curious case of USRN 20602512

Mark Goodge mark at good-stuff.co.uk
Wed Jul 15 10:05:39 UTC 2020



On 15/07/2020 09:05, Phillip Barnett wrote:
> Could you not just ask the local mapper to knock on any doors in the
> street and ASK them the name? And then use that local knowledge?

In this case, there are no doors on the street as it's just an access road!

What might work would be to contact a local councillor, say, and ask 
them for the name of the street. Their local knowledge can then be used 
in OSM.

If you wanted to pursue the FOI route, another option would be to ask 
for documentation from the time when the road was named, showing the 
decisions made. It would probably date from the time when the entire 
estate was built. But the council may no longer have those records, as 
it is some time ago.

Mark



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