On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 12:17, Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What if some friends say we'll meet next year again in front of the Whizzo. > In the meantime, the Whizzo closes and is replaced with a restaurant > Eatwell. > If they can then search for the old name it's useful, because they > might not be overly familiar with the area and don't know the place > has changed. > Logic error detected! If I decide to meet with a friend AGAIN in front of Whizzo, we both already know where it is. If I decide to meet with a friend next year at somewhere we have never been, the Whizzo restaurant and it's now a motorcycle shop, maybe it's better we know that Whizzo no longer exists than we both decide it must still be a restaurant because old_name. I take your point, though, there are edge cases either way. But I also recall you saying that you primarily used old_name for the benefit of other mappers, to prevent them making changes based on outdated information. BTW, this is of course if you use Nominatim. OsmAnd, Magic Earth etc, > do not search on old_name AFAIK. > So old_name isn't useful to people using those tools, anyway. Which means there's no reason to use old_name instead of note. I'm not persuaded it's useful to use old_name the way you do. Particularly when old_name merely indicates a change of name but note=* can be used to also say why the name changed (such as change of use). -- Paul
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