I was mapping some footpaths yesterday and came across a situation which I hadn't come across before and which lead me to think about how openstreetmap actually works.
http://osm.org/go/eu6XfNE9-- I mapped the footpath coming from the East between the river and the village of Woodford and heading out to the South. This footpath briefly follows the route of the a residential road named Church Street which is part of the village. My question is; how does Openstreet map know the lane is part of the village? I know my map is incomplete because I didn't map the connecting roads between Church Street and the main road, which itself is not connected to the POI Woodford. If I wanted to find a Church Street in Woodford how would openstreetmap (or any map based of OSM data) be able to process that request. Checking OSM, I've never seen a place name connected in anyway to a street. I can see 3 possible anwsers. *1) Geographical Proximity* - what happens when a road is the same distance between 2+ place names *2) A Relationship* - I've looked in the wiki but didn't find anything appropriate for roads and place names, although it difficult to find stuff in the wiki unless I already know the name of the thing I'm looking for. *3) Place Boundaries* - Drawing a village boundary and everything inside is part of that village, I never done that but it would seem logical Should I be placing some sort of relationship/boundary on these roads? Thanks Trevor
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