On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote:
> What about this confusing one: http://bit.ly/1hXvwVK > > The picnic ground/campsite is literally signed "No Name", and that's how > everyone refers to it. I have no idea what the history is. (And there's a > corner on the way up Mount Buller called 'Unnamed corner'). > > > > Well if you add the tag source:name then it should be clear that it is a > real name? Rather than a description .. like "Service Road", "No Public > Access" ... in some ways I don't mind that in the name tag as it does > convey information that may not be avaliable otherwise. > Yes, it's unambiguous - but still confusing. One of my friends on this recent cycling trip down the Snowy thought the "No Name" on his GPS was a mistake in OSM. Maybe in a weird case like that we should make it name="No Name" (ie, actually include the quotes), or name=No Name Picnic Ground. > > The tag unsigned come from the wiki > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Noname > I don't like the finality of the tag noname as that implys there is no > name at all... the sign may be missing .. but it may still have a name. > Even just a local name that the locals use to idntify it. > Agreed. Steve
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