OpenStreetMap
I have found an error but I guess I am too old to understand how to correct it.
If you go to "West Finchley" underground station, you will see a turning off Nether Street a few yards south of the station labelled Huntley Drive. It is an "L" shaped cul-de-sac (dead end).
Only the first part of the "L" shape is called Huntly Drive (note there is no "e" in Huntly so the "e" has to be removed.
The second leg of the street is not called Huntly Drive, it is called "Western Court". Western Court is not a block of flats but, irritatingly, is the name of an actual street.
I do apologise for not correcting it myself, I really have spent some time trying.
Andrew (age 69) Taylor.
Discussion
Comment from Skywave on 25 October 2008 at 12:50
Go to the edit tab, while you are above the street. Then click on the street, you will see appear three red dots. Click on the red dot at which you want to split the way, then press X. Now you have two ways, click on the way and then change the name. But i see someone already did it for you.
Here is a howto for Potlatch -> osm.wiki/index.php/Potlatch/Primer
Comment from Skywave on 25 October 2008 at 12:51
It is no problem if you can't figure it out, there is always openstreetbugs.org where you can leave a note to other users
Comment from ampers on 25 October 2008 at 13:19
Thanks, I'll spend some time getting into this.
I have, using the "X" added Western Court, a
Comment from ampers on 25 October 2008 at 13:21
Thanks, I'll spend some time getting into this.
I have, using the "X" added Western Court, and now, in Edit mode, it shows the first leg as Huntly Drive, and the second leg as Western Court. When I go out of Edit mode it shows the old original error. But I guess it just takes time to update.
Comment from Skywave on 25 October 2008 at 13:52
Yes, it will take some time. Mapnik is updated every Wednesdaya fternoon. Tilesathome/Osmarender uses real time data but is not real time updated as it takes time to render a tile. A London tile might take a day, a tile on the countryside a few minutes. But the data is correctly in the database so i it should show up correctly.
Comment from smsm1 on 25 October 2008 at 22:13
An alternative method of checking the data in the database is to use the data layer. You zoom into the map, and then click the white + on the blue background at the top right of the map on openstreetmap.org. You can then see the data in the database overlaid on the map, and can click it to get more information.