Changeset: 45893257
remove description from name
Closed by Mike Baggaley
Tags
build | 2.4-32-gecf1e0b |
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created_by | Potlatch 2 |
version | 2.4 |
Discussion
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Comment from GinaroZ
While it's good you've removed the unnecessary name from the school, would it not be better to improve the map by adding the actual name?
You could have a look at http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/schools/progress/G/ for the name -
Comment from Mike Baggaley
HI, yes you are quite right. I had not seen the list you mention before.
However, I am going through a process of removing a few hundred of these throughout the UK (not just schools) and looking every one up would be too time consuming, as I don't necessarily know the postcode areas. Also, the website says the data cannot be used directly for inputting names into OSM. Hopefully once these names have been removed, others who live nearby may notice that they have no name and will add them. They will also get added to the Schools Without Names report on the same website, so that will also help to highlight them.
If you know of any similar tools for other items (especially Town Halls, Village Halls and Post Offices) that can be used for direct lookup and entry into OSM I'd be very interested.
Thanks for the info,
Mike -
Comment from GinaroZ
Well in this case I googled the village name + primary school and visited the website to confirm the name/location.
There's also the website https://schools.mapthe.uk/ (not working at the moment) which uses OS open data to add the polygon and name data.
Not sure I'd rely on people noticing there's no name - might be an idea to leave a note as well, asking if anyone knows the name?
Only thing for post offices is http://robert.mathmos.net/osm/postboxes/ - but as it says the data is © Royal Mail so only useful to guide you for surveys, or leaving notes. -
Comment from Mike Baggaley
The error checking website http://keepright.at flags schools with no name as errors, so they should get noticed. Thanks for the info on post offices.
Cheers,
Mike
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