Re: [Talk-GB] What's in a name
At 08:19 PM 15/09/2009, Chris Hill wrote: I live near Hull, its proper name of course is Kingston upon Hull. It has the long name on the map, but everyone knows it as Hull. I think it would be better to use the shorter name and adding the long name as alt_name. Any comments? Cheers, Chris Sounds good. In country tags, I've also used official_name (not in map features). They get at bit long too. Mike ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] What's in a name
'name' should, where available, contain the official place name. If a common name like 'Hull' is in use, then that's what the 'alt_name' tag is for. One problem in using other names would be that you wouldn't be able to reliably correlate different geoname resources. The mkgmap mailing list only today had a thread about using online geoname resources to extract the most appropriate place name to label map tiles, that sort of application wouldn't be possible if names didn't follow the official designation. Another problem would be that some places have more than one alternative name, who would decide which one is 'the' name'? It would cause arguments (and edit wars?) over which 'name' should be the one to be used. There's no ambiguity if the official place name is always used, and alt_name used for the alternatives. Chris Hill wrote: I live near Hull, its proper name of course is Kingston upon Hull. It has the long name on the map, but everyone knows it as Hull. I think it would be better to use the shorter name and adding the long name as alt_name. Any comments? Cheers, Chris ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
Re: [Talk-GB] What's in a name
In message on 15 Sep 2009, Chris Hill wrote: I live near Hull, its proper name of course is Kingston upon Hull. It has the long name on the map, but everyone knows it as Hull. I think it would be better to use the shorter name and adding the long name as alt_name. Any comments? This is how the local authority has set up Hull in the National Public Transport Gazetteer. -- Peter J Stoner UK Regional Coordinator www.travelinedata.org.uk Traveline a trading name of Intelligent Travel Solutions Ltd company number 3826797 Drury House, 34-43 Russell Street, LONDON WC2B 5HA - find all our informations services throughout the UK at www.traveline.info ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
