[OSM-np] [MapKathmandu] Potential solution for missing street names

[Aashish Tripathee]

I'm really surprised that there are streets without names. Naming it
ourselves might not be such a bad idea in my opinion but we need to get the
people living around there use the same name. If we're successful at doing
that, even if the government keeps the names later on, they'll be bound to
keep the names we've kept. (Whoa! )

So, perhaps the challenge is getting people to use the same name that we
keep because if we keep Aashish Marga somewhere around in Baneshwor (just
an example) but if it's around in just OSM, that won't be useful to anyone
at all. Names in OSM must be in-sync with what people use/are used to with.
Just my opinion though!



On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 1:44 AM, Rajeev Amatya <rajeevamatya at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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