I have one further comment about obsolete information on the DCS NSW Base Map. Located at 744 Carnarvon Highway, just north of Moree is a building that is labelled on the Base Map as OTC Satellite Earth Station. As far as I could find out, it ceased to have that purpose about 35 years ago but it has never been changed on the Base Map . That is the most obsolete item that I have identified but it is a reminder that names on the Base Map are not necessarily current.
On Sun, 12 Feb 2023, at 8:54 AM, cleary wrote: > The DCS NSW Base Map is a great resource but some aspects do not seem > to get updated e.g. roads that were once public but are now private may > still appear on the map to have former status (e.g. parts of > unincorporated area in western NSW), re-named roads may still show old > names, waterways show names contrary to those signposted at locations > (e.g. in Murray River LGA). As far as I can ascertain, there is no > regular process for updating the Base Map and it seems to depend on > each particular agency such as the local government body, Roads and > Maritime Services, Rural Fire Service or Health Service to instigate > changes of details for their assets. It does not always happen. > > In the past I have contacted local councils about some conflicting > information and always have been given information that the Base Map > showed obsolete information. In regard to fire stations, I would think > the operators, Fire and Rescue NSW or the Rural Fire Service would be > the most authoritative sources regarding names for their facilities. > > The Base Map is a wonderful resource that I have used extensively but I > have learned that if there is contradictory information from another > source, especially survey or the operators of the facilities, then the > information from the other source should prevail. > > > > On Sat, 11 Feb 2023, at 9:58 PM, Warin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I came across this while separating amenity=fire_station from their >> building=*. The object is to map the amenity with all the name, >> operator, etc tags on the amenity and leave the building alone. >> >> The names on the DCS Base Map do not match some of the names on the OSM map. >> >> For Fire and Rescue NSW the DCS base map has, for example ‘Lane Cove >> Fire Station’ while OSM has ‘Fire and Rescue NSW Station 167 Lane Cove >> (in the tagging guidelines). The number appears to be a ‘station number’ >> – see https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/station_list/ The names there on the >> station list comply with the DCS Base Map … and it is how I would ask >> for them at the pub/in the street. I think the number may be best >> entered under the tag ‘ref=*’ and the name as per the DCS Base Map. So >> I'd like to change the names to comply wit the DCS Base Map. >> >> Additional notes? >> >> The name tag is for 'the common name'. >> >> The long winded name looks to be some 'public service' name for pollies >> to use .. >> >> And we have official_name ... "Useful where there is some elaborate >> official name, while a different one is a common name typically used" >> >> >> The quoted text comes from the OSM wiki.. honest. >> >> ---------------------------------- >> >> For the Rural Fire Service some names are ‘Nowhere Rural Fire Service’ >> where the DCS Base Map would have ‘Nowhere RFB’ (‘Nowhere’ is an example >> – don’t have one to hand). I take ‘RFB’ to be an abbreviation of ‘Rural >> Fire Brigade’, where as Rural Fire Service is an abbreviation of the >> operator. >> >> I think ‘Nowhere Rural Fire Brigade’ is the correct name. >> >> Thoughts?? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
