On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Mike N. <nice...@att.net> wrote:
When tagging a street name and it seems that the street signs are incorrect - all businesses on that street use the alternate spelling as their street address - which name to use?
Using the 'Correct name" is confusing when navigating to the street because the street sign won't exactly match the street you're being directed onto.
Using the name on the sign would result in no match when searching for the street.
In such case, I set the "official" name (the one fixed by the administration) on the tag "name" and the other one in "alt_name" with a note explaining that the street sign is misleading.
I look up the street name in the city and/or county records, which are available online for many counties. If the signage and the records agree, I put the signed name in "name" and put the one that is used by businesses in "alt_name".
If, instead, the records and the one that is used by businesses agree, and the signage is "wrong", I put the one that is used by businesses in "name" and the signed name in "alt_name". I also report the signage error to the responsible public works department (usually the city in incorporated areas, otherwise the county). I also add a FIXME tag with a note to re-check it in the future. I've been responsible for a number of sign corrections.
In both cases, I add a note tag with an explanation of what I found and did.
Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net>
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