Hi
Common problem around here - although the conflict is usually between
the sign(s) on the ground and the official name held in the "List of
Streets" (there is one held by each Highway Authority and it has legal
significance; it is freely available to the general public - for
inspection in hard copy and also on-line - and there is no copyright
issue from the Authority and the only conceivable one is if the OS claim
copyright on grid references (even though they are only a transform of
lat/long). Street signs on the ground - as others have pointed out -
often change with time or are mis-spelled or different at different
points on the same street. They are erected and paid for by the same
Highway Authority that maintains the List of Streets! So deviations in
signage from the List of Streets are simple errors.
After several exchanges on lists I have nevertheless - slightly
reluctantly - settled for the following, on the basis that OSM has a
guiding principle of physical evidence on the ground taking precedence
(even though in the case now discussed it is clearly incorrect):
Precedence to what is on the ground.
alt_name= for everything else.
mikh43
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