I always thought NIC sites are more or less official ones. :-) Would trust them more than Wikipedia.
But, even some *.gov.in sites are there.. http://www.mysorecity.gov.in/ http://www.shimogacity.gov.in/ etc. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com> wrote: > Those are nic sites :) > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Ishan Chattopadhyaya < > ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Based on these official websites and the text therein, I felt that the >> official names are as they have it: >> http://www.dharwad.nic.in/ >> http://shimoga.nic.in/ >> http://www.hdmc.gov.in/ >> http://www.mysore.nic.in/ >> >> However, I'm sure there must be some official government list of city >> names available somewhere. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I always look to wikipedia for reference as there are always more people >>> debating these things over there and reaching a consensus. Correct me if im >>> wrong, but i do think Shivamoga, Hubbali etc are the official names now. >>> Just like Bengaluru and Mysuru. >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Ishan Chattopadhyaya < >>> ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> It seems there are following inconsistencies: >>>> >>>> Official name, Name on the map >>>> Shimoga, Shivamoga >>>> Dharwad, Dharwada >>>> Hubli, Hubballi >>>> >>>> I think this is downright confusing for people who aren't aware of >>>> these alternate names. Shall we not try to stick to the official names (as >>>> per Govt. records) for these and plenty of other cities like these? >>>> Regards, >>>> Ishan >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-in mailing list >>>> Talk-in@openstreetmap.org >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> j.mp/ArunGanesh >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-in mailing list >>> Talk-in@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-in mailing list >> Talk-in@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in >> >> > > > -- > j.mp/ArunGanesh > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > Talk-in@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > >
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