Just to re-iterate what I have already said, yes there are going to be differences (and it would be wrong to expect the GWR to be 100% consistent). The point is to resurvey such cases and make sure that what is in the name tag is what is actually on the sign (since most of the stuff that I have mapped in the last year or so I have on video or photographs, I've looked at them again where necessary and fixed typos on my behalf).
I'm suggesting the use of the "official_name" tag for cases where there is a difference essentially as a flag that says "yes I was there and there is a difference" (with the hope that using official_name is clear enough even for mappers that haven't been following the discussion).
What is open to discussion is if we should consider differences in case and punctuation significant enough to warrant flagging them (which probably would include accents on capital letters).
Simon
Am 09.11.2012 11:33, schrieb Fred Jelk:
grummel... I think, the GWR-List is a good help, but I think, its inconsistent with the umlauts at the first letter of names.
p.e Ättenberg in Plaffeien FR (the area) in GWR its written as Ättenberg
p.e. Ättenbergstrasse in Plaffeien FR (the road) in GWR its written as Aettenbergstrasse
p.e. Ägerte in Brünisried (the road) in GWR its written as Ägerte
p.e. Ägerte in Brünisried FR (the area) in GWR its written as Ägerte
Fred
Am 06.11.2012 21:47, schrieb Simon Poole:
I've set up an experimental street name comparison service at http://qa.poole.ch/ch-roads/ , this generates on a per community base a list of names and compares them to the list available generated from GWR data. More information can be found here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_-_GWR_Street_and_Place_Names_Comparis...
As can be seen from the list we have a large number of locations where we have surveyed none or only a very small number of the street names. I hope that providing this service will help motivate the community to improve the situation.
Simon
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