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Narragansett Pier?

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by timlinden Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:19 am

Hi

So I noticed a few roads with the "Narragansett Pier" set as the city. They were near the Pier in Narragansett, so I thought it was a typo. I started to fix them to Narragansett, but now I'm seeing there are a ton of roads with that "city".

In 27 years living here I've never heard anyone refer to "Narragansett Pier", except to say the landmark of the actual Pier in Narragansett. The zip code is all the same for Narragansett, and the Narragansett Police & Post Office, even the "Narragansett Town Beach" are listed in waze as being part of "Narragansett Pier".

So before I go correct them all, is there a logical explanation for why it should be kept? I can understand Wakefield and Peacedale, as they have their own zip codes. But village names without zip codes that aren't referenced by locals seems confusing to me?

Tim

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Re: Narragansett Pier?

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by AndyPoms Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:26 am

We're working on a way to have Waze do a bulk change directly in the database. We've been working on CT first as a test case - which reminds me, I need to get an updated list exported from Waze.

The general rule is going to be the legal name (see this list in the wiki) is the primary for all segments. Things like "Wakefield" and "Peacedale" can be added, but have to be done as Alt-Names (and they won't show up visually on the map), but will be searchable with the new internal address system.

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Re: Narragansett Pier?

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by john20v31 Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:01 am

Growing up and going to school in Narragansett I can tell you that the "Narragansett Pier" is what locals call the area from the Town Beach down the length of the Sea Wall that extends south of the "Coast Guard House". In the early 1900's the "Towers" and "Coast Guard House" were part of a casino that included a wooden pier that extended into Narragansett Bay. All of which were consumed by a fire...

I hope that helps. I haven't heard that area referenced to as The Pier since I moved to Western Ma

But the entire 02882 zip should be set to "Narragansett" as the city. With the exceptions being added as Alt-Names as "AndyPoms" stated (Galilee, Point Judith, Bonnet Shores as examples...)