Definitely! I think point 1 covers this.cw1998 wrote:Also worth noting that even if you don't give townland names for more rural segments, L numbers should also be included where possible. Is that correct?
I think L-numbers (where there are signs) are the single most useful thing to drivers, because they can check the instructions Waze gives them against what they see when they're making the turn. Having the L-number where there isn't a sign isn't as useful, but is probably nice to have because a sign might be added in the future, and closures and road works on back roads are often described by councils in terms of L-numbers, even if nobody else knows where those particular roads are
Always a good idea. When I check over an area with lots of unnamed side roads branching off a main road, I usually check each one in GSV to look for L-number signs. I use GSV a lot anyway when I'm mapping new roads to get the junction geometry right and to look for stop lines, stop signs and yield signs (sorry, "Give Way" signs in the north, right?) so I know how to set the junction angles so that Waze will give the right instructions.cw1998 wrote:(In most cases this would mean checking each junction in GSV, so I don't where if we reached a conclusion on that part.)
Excellent - I think if individual editors have to go modifying scripts, almost every single one of them won't bother, or won't be confident to go tweaking scripts themselves, even if you give them instructions in very simple wordscw1998 wrote:About the script and geometry data. After talking with Tim today, I am going to rebuild all the sets with the structure changed slightly so that it will work with Tim's script out of the box - rather than every editor making one small change to Tim's script to make it show our data sets.
Yeah, the townland boundaries probably haven't changed for nearly 200 years, and the names have probably existed for hundreds more.cw1998 wrote:Sure, it is more work on our side when it comes to making the modified sets, but it's one off work, so not a problem. I'll hopefully get this done next week sometime! I'll also put together a friendly web page to help editors download their desired set.
Thanks for working on the data sets BTW - this is a great resource for everybody. One off is handy too: if you were a script writer then people would be chasing you all the time to make enhancements or to keep it compatible with future changes in WME...
++David
Re: road naming: townland boundaries for back roads