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Best practice question - Gas stations

Post by Riamus
I saw an explanation about naming gas stations based on their signage in another forum on here (it may have been Connecticut's; I don't remember now). I wanted to see what the consensus is for NC. For example, one gas station near me is called one thing, but that name isn't on any signage. If you were looking for it, it would be easier to find by naming it Citgo. The imported name of the gas station is the real name in this case. And then across the street at another gas station, the imported name is Gas Town with a number next to it (I guess that's a group of stations owned by one main company or something?), but the station has another real name and in this case the real name is on the signage.

In both cases, I think the imported name should be changed to what you see on the signage. But what is considered the correct way for NC? And will changing the name have any effect on daily gas price imports?
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Post by AndyPoms
Riamus wrote:In both cases, I think the imported name should be changed to what you see on the signage. But what is considered the correct way for NC? And will changing the name have any effect on daily gas price imports?
Changing the name will not effect the third party updates - deleting the station will. There is a hidden (from us) field with an ID number from the third-party provider that is used to match their prices with the correct station in Waze.
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Post by AnotherHiggins
I don't want you to think your question has been ignored. I've looked into this, but unfortunately I can't find an answer for you.

You've probably already read these, but there's a lot of information in the following threads: But they don't address changing the name of the gas station itself.

I'd suggest posting your question in that second link. I'd be happy to ask for you if you prefer, but it's a good question and I assume you'd like to ask it for yourself.
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Post by Riamus
Thanks to both of you. I figured it wouldn't affect pricing and that it used some primary key, but I wanted to verify that. I also posted in the other thread mentioned to see what thoughts are regarding my other question about which name should be used. Thanks again.
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