And, to actually deal with your question, I'd do a ground survey to see where the name changes. Failing that, the OS Open Map Local roads vector layer will show where the OS thinks the road name changes.
Kind regards, Adam On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, 17:01 Adam Snape, <adam.c.sn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > Sorry, to clarify I meant the Great North Road relation. > > It is entirely right that the verifiable current names are mapped. > > Kind regards, > > Adam > > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, 16:41 Stuart Reynolds, < > stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk> wrote: > >> What do you mean by the “this” that is to be mapped? Do you mean “Great >> North Road” or High Road / London Road, etc. The latter are not historic - >> they are current (as you can verify on e.g. Postcode Finder looking for 11 >> High Road, Beeston, Sandy) >> >> Regards, >> Stuart >> >> ------------------------------------ >> Stuart Reynolds >> for traveline south east & anglia >> >> >> >> >> On 25 Jun 2018, at 16:38, Adam Snape <adam.c.sn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> If this is to be mapped shouldn't it be as a historic feature rather >> than a (current) road route? >> >> By the way I tend to use loc_name for a colloquial name regardless of >> whether it is just used by local people. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> On 25 June 2018 at 15:59, Paul Berry <pmberry2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Someone's had a brave go at defining that very relation: >>> http://osm.org/relation/2776562 >>> >>> Feel free to extend it, bearing in mind the Great North Road != A1 (M or >>> otherwise). >>> >>> Regards, >>> *Paul* >>> >>> On 25 June 2018 at 14:44, David Woolley <for...@david-woolley.me.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 25/06/18 14:13, Stuart Reynolds wrote: >>>> >>>>> So how should I tag this? I want to have the correct name for the >>>>> sections of A1, yet I don’t know how far these extend (my data lists the >>>>> street names at points, not over lengths), and equally I don’t want to >>>>> lose >>>>> the Great North Road tag - just to demote it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I would say that the name should be that which is locally sign posted, >>>> for which you will need an on the ground survey. >>>> >>>> I think I would agree with the discussion that suggests "Great North >>>> Road" for the entirety, should be a [route] relation. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-GB mailing list >>>> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-GB mailing list >>> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> >> >>
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