[OSM-talk] This side, that side

[Robert Hart]

On 05/04/07, Kristian Thy <thy at 42.dk> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 05, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
> > > It's not the first section I've come across where one side of the road
> > > has a different street name than the other, but this is the first time
> > > I've found one with a nice neat sign to share with you all.
> >
> > name=Neville Terrace;Selwood Terrace
>
> Loss of information. The road doesn't have two names; rather, the
> different sides have different names. I'd do
>
> name_left=Neville Terrace
> name_right=Selwood Terrace
>
>
You could do both of course. Otherwise you could end up with no name at all.

For a similar road I know, maps tend to display one or the other (Google did
one, A-Z the other), but the other is listed in the index/search. Maybe you
could create a duplicate way with the "other" name on...

-- 
Robert Hart
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