[OSM-np] Potential solution for missing street names

[Rajeev Amatya]

Hi guys,
We have completed most of our comprehensive mapping in Tinkune-Koteshwor
area. Please have a look here:
http://tools.geofabrik.de/mc/?mt0=mapnik&mt1=googlemap&lon=85.34561&lat=27.68357&zoom=17

We will probably finish up with polygons/houses next week. The house
polygons are only experimental and we will not spend time on it for other
regions. We will now move west to Sankhamul area.

We have also tried putting few house names in the map to get an idea about
how they are numbered. Seems like they are numbered by taking a distance
from a fixed reference point, which I think is not a bad way to go in
Kathmandu. While most of this region had street names, I am pretty sure
most regions in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur do not have the names. We are adding
most of the street names right now from the project that the govt and the
EU did some 10 years ago.

So, we wanted to start this discussion on how to tackle this issue and
whether it is even possible to fix this problem. Is it a good idea to give
names ourselves without approval from the govt? The government probably is
not gonna do much in the next five years.

Let us know if you have any thoughts on this.

Rajeev
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