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It is named primarily for Peter Stuyvesant and Peter Cooper (NYC historical notables), secondarily for Peter Piper, Peter Parker, Peter Pan, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, Peter Rabbit, and Peter from "Peter and the Wolf".
Seems they use Peters Field and Peter's Field but not Peters' Field.
As far as I can tell, this isn't an issue with the specific database itself, but the standard they are required to record geographic data in, which the end of the article mentions as "BS 7666". https://www.agi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BS7666Guid... # Standard data types used in BS 7666 CharacterString: a sequence of alphanumeric characters ... If I had to guess, alphanumeric is interpreted as [0-9a-z]. The s…
> How to use these standards > > The UPRN and USRN standards form a machine-readable addition to an address or street record held in a system. When using UPRNs and USRNs you can continue to use existing formats but add a field for these identifiers. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-standards-fo...
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The '666' portion doesn't inspire confidence either. We love apostrophes so much we have them on our supermarkets. If they're not there we add them. e.g. I'm going to Sainbury's e.g. I'm going to Tesco's ...despite the fact that it's real name is plain old Tesco.
That's because you're not going to Tesco the registered company, you're going to (one of) Tesco's (shops). It's just traditional and logical grammar, not misnaming.
As far as I can tell, this isn't an issue with the specific database itself, but the standard they are required to record geographic data in, which the end of the article mentions as "BS 7666". https://www.agi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BS7666Guid... # Standard data types used in BS 7666 CharacterString: a sequence of alphanumeric characters ... If I had to guess, alphanumeric is interpreted as [0-9a-z]. The s…
Such a strict interpretation would also exclude spaces.
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“The AGI now has a membership portal and it may be that the page you require sits within that portal. As a member you will be able to reach the page by logging in. If you are not yet a member of the AGI and are interested in joining please visit” If a standard isn’t publicly available under a free license it should not be called a standard.
While I agree with you, it's common that standards are not available without payment. For example, to get a copy of ISO 8601-1:2019 (as in, the date format standard!), it'll cost you $190. https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html
https://annas-archive.org/md5/6b38669dbfb1042a40be0f804258fd...
And upload anything you think is important enough to Library Genesis
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While I agree with you, it's common that standards are not available without payment. For example, to get a copy of ISO 8601-1:2019 (as in, the date format standard!), it'll cost you $190. https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html
Or, my personal gripe, ISO 7816 - your everyday smartcard standard. A full copy sets you back > 2k €. [1] https://www.vde-verlag.de/iec-normen/suchen/?publikationsnum...
https://annas-archive.org/md5/7957d8af6f296b3adaafd5c21d4aa3...
This reminds me of the more extreme case of Spain changing the treatment of due to limitations of PCs in the 1990s. Our tools should adapt to the needs of humans, not the other way around!
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_alphabet
https://web.archive.org/web/20150426001803/https://www.nytim...
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The '666' portion doesn't inspire confidence either. We love apostrophes so much we have them on our supermarkets. If they're not there we add them. e.g. I'm going to Sainbury's e.g. I'm going to Tesco's ...despite the fact that it's real name is plain old Tesco.
That's because you're not going to Tesco the registered company, you're going to (one of) Tesco's (shops). It's just traditional and logical grammar, not misnaming.
There's nothing to analyze: "Tesco's" is just wrong. It's not the name of the business.
It's been common though not exclusive practice to not use apostrophes in street names for a very long time in the south of England, is Yorkshire just catching up?