[Talk-GB] Unsigned road names (was Fix the road name!)

2015-01-24 Thread SomeoneElse
Hijacking the thread somewhat, but something that I was wondering about recently... There are many roads that are signed, and we can add them to OSM. Great! There are some roads that are signed, and the sign differs from what the local authority thinks that a road is called (usually just

Re: [Talk-GB] Unsigned road names (was Fix the road name!)

2015-01-24 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 24 January 2015 at 20:33, SomeoneElse li...@atownsend.org.uk wrote: However, there are names where the name in OSM is what the local authority uses, and what local people would agree that it is called, but there's no sign on the ground. How do we reflect that? I just wanted to add that

Re: [Talk-GB] Unsigned road names (was Fix the road name!)

2015-01-24 Thread David Woolley
On 24/01/15 20:33, SomeoneElse wrote: However, there are names where the name in OSM is what the local authority uses, and what local people would agree that it is called, but there's no sign on the ground. How do we reflect that? It's useful to know from a I suspect the local authority take

Re: [Talk-GB] Unsigned road names (was Fix the road name!)

2015-01-24 Thread SK53
I have always assumed that your usage is fine, although I have not tagged this information myself. However, today chasing up one of the missing locator streets (one I knew had been built, but had not bee in the area for a while) I found that the road is completely lacking any street name signs.