I like this video that explains the differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE_IUPInEuc
m. On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 9:39 AM Pander OpenTaal <pan...@opentaal.org> wrote: > > Frederik, thanks for the changes so far. Good to wait with parts of Belgium. > Also good to stay clear of political issues and only use geographic > considerations. For me, fine not to split up Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. > > As for these six Dutch islands in South America, good question on how to call > these in a geographic way. The name Caribbean Netherlands officially only > refers to only three of the six islands, see > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Netherlands > > Politically, historically and geographically, these islands can be grouped in > many different ways with different names, see > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Caribbean#Grouping_of_islands Which > doesn't make it easier. Calling it Dutch Caribbean is the least best name of > the three options, I think. > > Even though the name Netherlands Antilles indeed as a political entity no > longer exists, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles > Advantage of this name, is that it doesn't favor certain islands because of > the current political construct (in which only a few are officially in > Caribbean Netherlands). > > I think that is the best name to use, as it is also closer to what is used in > the Dutch language. Nobody talks about the Caraïbische Nederlanden. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-nl mailing list > Talk-nl@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-nl _______________________________________________ Talk-nl mailing list Talk-nl@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-nl
