On 02.08.2012 20:57, Lester Caine wrote: > iONiX wrote: >> What when street is renamed and you want to send a letter, or some poi >> is located there and have its official address with new name, but old >> signs are still installed (for months or years). Do You really still >> want to rely on those old signs on the street? > > Most definitely for the main rendered detail, and if there are two > different versions I would show them exactly where they appear on the > ground. But for additional information related to a particular language, > then that should simply be correctly tagged and stored. It may be that > there is an additional note that explains that one of two signs is > wrong, but until what is visible on the ground is changed, the base > information is well defined - even if it is totally wrong :) And that > applies everywhere in the world ... EVEN if some local authority try to > dictate otherwise.
Have You read about new old naming? An I mean not old like russian and new like ukrainian, I mean it regardless the language. If I understand You correct - it is desirable to go through all exUSSR countries and change every object name tag to whatever is mentioned on signs? _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
