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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>> > Hi Thorsten,<br><div>> > <br>> > > But what is the original spelling?<br>> > <br>> > Original is the spelling form source data.<br>> > <br>> > What I mean: errors can be introduced by OSM mappers or by program<br>> > that process data. Good program shouldn't add errors. If we can't<br>> > verify spelling, then we should display original string from source<br>> > data.<br>> <br>> Exactly that was the question: what is the source data?<br>> For a highway, you have a name and a route=street with a name.<br>> According to the wiki, both are correct names for the same street.<br>> But what if they differ?<br><br>Yes, same problem with type=street and type=associatedStreet relations.<br>I've added diverse checks to make sure that they are ignored when the names<br>do not match, but these checks will only work when your style rules<br>don't use the relations to name relation members without checking.<br><br>So, I think rules like <br>type=associatedStreet { apply role=house { add addr:street='${name}' }}<br>should be avoided since r3359 if you want to use the messages produced<br>by mkgmap to correct wrong data.<br><br>So, my conclusion: It the style author who decides what's right or wrong,<br>the value in mkgmap:street gives the street name for address search.<br><br>Gerd<br></div> </div></body>
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