[Talk-nz] Naming roads with "-" in them

[Andrew Douglas-Clifford]

Hi Tara,

When mapping names in OSM, my suggestion is usually to adhere to the
official Government naming's spelling.
I am not aware of any specific community guidelines in local use for
hyphens, though I do have a preference for no spacing.

Thanks,

Andrew
*andrew_dc* <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/andrew_dc>



On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 6:51 PM Tara Vujovic (E-Search) via Talk-nz <
talk-nz at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Tara and I’m a member of Microsoft OSM Editorial Team.
> While naming roads in New Zealand we’ve noticed that there is a different
> approach to how people map road names containing “-“ in the name. Through
> overpass-turbo query we have found around 483 cases of highways that
> contain space before and after dash (e.g. Kohatu - Wakefield Highway) and
> around 455 cases of adding “-“ without spaces before or after (e.g.
> Kohatu-Wakefield Highway).
> Government data (*https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/3383
> <https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/3383>* ) and address points mostly
> contain names with dash without spacing on either end (e.g.
> Kohatu-Wakefield Highway).
> Is there some sort of convention or local guideline when it comes to
> naming these types of roads in OSM?
> We want to make sure that we respect local guidelines and therefore any
> input would be much appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
> Tara
>
>
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