Is it doing anything with the multilingual names in OSM (name:de=... and similar)?
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:name On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 26/03/2008 01:43, Sven Grüner wrote: > > > What about 'short_name', just to make that *_name list a little longer? > > > > BTW, does name finder use loc_name and such? > > It uses "name", then "place_name" (but only when name is not given), > then "ref", "iata", "icao", "old_name", and "loc_name" as if these were > in square brackets after the name as described above. Hence > "name=Archway Road; ref=A5; loc_name=Traffic Jam From Hell" is treated > as if it were "name=Archway Road [A5] [Traffic Jam From Hell]". > > I have also just tweaked it to include alt_name in this list, but that > will only apply to new or touched objects until I do a complete reload > in a few months time. > > and Andy Robinson said: > > I don't see why we can't make use of "known_as=" names. Giving options > > for "The Big Apple" and the like just sets OSM apart from the > > competition. If communities are using these alternative names then it > > would nice to support them in the long run. > > Indeed, but why not just use alt_name that we already have. Or to follow > the pattern, for this kind of name, nick_name=... > > (If you do this, I need to know in order to recognize it to add to the > index). > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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