Karel, you are going to have to fly over to that airstrip and put up a large sign next to it . Photograph it and hope it catches on among the local population... (That's how I read Frederik Ramms comment)
I didn't look at the changeset. We have a description tag, if it's a description and not a name. Of course if it's only in English, maybe description:en? Anyway, you made it into WeeklyOSM. Jo 2018-04-02 7:57 GMT+02:00 Marc Gemis <[email protected]>: > Did you contact the owner of the airfield to find out how they name it > ? Did you find a sign along the street pointing to the airfield with a > name ? Is there a name sign at the entrance ? Is there an official > document from a government which mentions a name ? > > If all of those questions return false, i.e. no name, then the > airfield has no name. Maybe there are a few other places where we can > look for the item of items, but making them up from ones armchair is > certainly not one of them. > > No everybody gives their house, private tennis court, driveway or > airfield a name. So noname=yes might be the only thing we can do. We > should not make up names as "Airfield of Family Anderson", "Airfield > near road N111" or whatever. > > Regards > > m. > > > p.s. @Pieter, SomeoneElse, who participates in the changeset > discussion is member of the DWG. > > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 11:08 PM, Karel Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am in a bitter dispute with a couple of mappers who absolutely refuse > to > > accept a "name=*" tag on an aerodrome because officially it has no name - > > indeed it figures in no official document. > > > > My point of view is that an "invented" name - which can be discussed, of > > course - is better than no name at all but they are quite adamant. How to > > address this? > > > > For the details: see https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/57717417 > and > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/573934869 > > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names has been called in but I found > > nothing there to indicate only official names should be mentioned. > > > > This seems really a case for arbitration, but how to request it? > > > > Karel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-be mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >
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