Surrey seems ot have a format of " Banstead NCP 123A". But existing entries in OSM are "FP 37".
What does NCP mean. I will enter then as f " Banstead FP 37" unless told otherwise! On 14 July 2018 at 17:27, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists) < [email protected]> wrote: > On 13 July 2018 at 19:26, Andrew Black <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am pondering a similar but simpler question. I would like to add a > table > > listing each authority at https://wiki.openstreetmap. > org/wiki/Key:prow_ref > > describing the conventions used. > > I've been working on something like this already as part of my PRoW > Progress/Comparison tool at > http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/prow/progress/ . The tool needs to know > the format that's used in each area in order to correctly parse the > prow_ref values use in OSM, and to generate Right of Way numbers to > display. The formats are stored in my database as a regular expression > for parsing and a sprinf format string for generating the output. I've > been displaying the formats on the county and parish pages for some > time, but I've now added a page showing the formats for each county > where one is defined: > > http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/prow/ref-formats/ > > These are the formats currently used by my tool. They may not always > be the best one, as sometimes there didn't seem to be a consistent > format in use (either by the Council or in OSM), and so sometimes I've > just opted for my default "[Parish Name] [Type] [Number]" style. I can > add other counties on request. I'm also more than happy to amend any > of the formats already there if there's a consensus amongst local > mappers to use something different. > > One thing to be aware of though, is that the GIS data provided by the > councils is usually not the official Definitive Map, but just a > working representation of it. Often the council will assign reference > numbers to parishes, and segment numbers to the ways that are just for > internal convenience, and don't form part of the official PRoW number > as defined in the Definitive Map and Statement. My philosophy in the > above is to try to stick to the official numbering as used in the > Definitive Map and Statement. > > I plan to add a download of the data at > http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/prow/ref-formats/ (probably in JSON > format) at some point so anyone else who wants to can make us of this > data more easily. I also have CSV files containing parish IDs and > names for the counties where it's necessary to do this translation, > which I can make available. For those using rowmaps data, sometimes > you'll find the parish name in the INFO field, but the presence and > format of this varies from county to county. > > Robert. > > -- > Robert Whittaker > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >
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