[Talk-GB] Made-up motorway junction names

[Colin Smale]

> On 06/01/2023 18:07 CET Steve Doerr <doerr.stephen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> On 06/01/2023 13:41, Jass Kurn wrote:
> > The National Street Gazetteer, has the name of the road you mention as 
> > "CLACTON ROAD" (USRN: 39900370). So the Highways Authority does have 
> > the correct road name in the temporary speed restriction you give.
> >
> Meanwhile, the addresses associated with UPRNs on that stretch call it 
> Colchester Road, e.g. 
> https://www.findmyaddress.co.uk/search?uprn=10007941383

Interestingly, that link responds with "FindMyAddress is not accessible to those located outside of Great Britain, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause." (I am outside the UK, but what reason might they have to restrict access?)

> That entry says that the addressing authority is Tendring District 
> Council. The highway authority is Essex County Council, I think. Which 
> is authoritative?

Is it not possible that a postal address (that we would put in addr:* tags) could include a different street name to the physical location? After all, the Royal Mail address is solely geared at identifying a delivery point (a particular letter box) and any resemblance to any other type of address is "purely coincidental" as they say.

> 
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> Steve
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