[OSM-talk] Mapping what is on the ground ...

[Warin]

On 13/09/2015 4:18 AM, Lester Caine wrote:
> This is one for the GB list really, but given the debate here and it's
> relevance to the discussion I thought it appropriate to widen the exposure.
>
> I'm battling Facebook and it's crap set of official 'cites' which one is
> allowed to select as home places. We won't go on about the location of
> my own home town 'Broadway' since I simply refuse to use the Facebook
> offering, but just up the road we have 'Weston Sub Edge' and
> 'Aston-sub-Edge' as shown on the OS map
> http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020328 and reported by
> the post office as 'Weston Subedge' and 'Aston Sub Edge'. The road signs
> and official material are also incosistent, so while the signs into
> Aston show 'ASTON-sub-EDGE', the ones for Weston vary between 'Weston
> Sub-Edge and 'Weston-Sub-Edge' but the navigation roadsigns show 'Aston
> Subedge' and 'Weston Subedge' mixed with 'Weston-Sub-Edge'.
>
> Old maps consistently use the 'Subedge' second half and that incudes
> what started the fun ... the map showing the 'Weston Subedge Halt' on
> the old railway ;)
>
> I'm asking both parish clerks just what the current legal position is,
> but mapping what you see does not help.
>
Would alt_name=   OR name_1= name_2= not help?
I suppose the predominate name should be in name= ...