2009/9/2 Péter Connell <p...@connell.plus.com>: > Isn't different names what name/loc_name/alt_name/nat_name &c. are for? > > Where they differ I would probably prefer > > name: what it says on the flag e.g. Woodhouse Street Holborn Terrace > loc_name: the most common name people/bus drivers/timetables would use > e.g. Charing Cross Shops > alt_name: (where applicable) where timetables show something different > still e.g. old name of pubs, pubs that have closed etc. (though the old > King's Head could be a loc_name I guess) > nat_name: what it says in NaPTAN
Nah, just use naptan:CommonName for what NaPTAN says, as it is imported, there's no point changing it, since it wont make any difference upstream. All the other suggestions are good. In most cases CommonName and name should be the same, but TfL just don't like us... > > though obviously where name is the same as some of these you wouldn't > use them. > > I would tend to assume all this data is worth capturing rather than just > deferring to NaPTAN's superiority as it is buggy in some places... (and > it its purpose is really for helping PTI pros identify bus stops rather > than for passengers?) > > Would appreciate anyone's views > > Péter -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ Talk-transit mailing list Talk-transit@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-transit
