On 12/14/2018 11:20 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:
On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 11:36 PM Adam Franco <adamfra...@gmail.com
<mailto:adamfra...@gmail.com>> wrote:
What are folks thoughts about these historical-owner building
names when they aren't well-known? Should they go in a
`description=
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:description>` tag,
`alt_name= <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name>`, or
some other tag?
If there is only a single old name and it is different from the
current name, we have the established tag old_name=* as explained
here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:old_name
This wiki page also suggests other formats like old_name:1921-1932=*
if the name is valid in a particular period.
IMO it's fine to use old_name=* even without name=* -- to record the
fact that it used to be known as the Johnson House, but there's no
current name in common use. J
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