On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 02:50:37PM -0500, Russ Nelson wrote: > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Manfred Podzkiewitz wrote: > > > Hello, i have a question about the handling of unoffical, or ethnic, > > or > > historic names of towns and villages. > The TIGER import in the USA uses name_1 for alternate names. Perhaps > we should view all tags starting with "name" as potential names? > That points to using "nameEN" for the English name of a city, and > "nameDE" for the German name of the same city, etc. > > Or should that be "name:EN" and "name:DE"?
These already exist, see Key:name[1]. This doesn’t account for multiple names in the same language, though. I can also imagine a place having several old names over time, while old_name=* really only allows for one. In addition, where it wasn’t clear that an alternative name fit into one of the key variations, I have used alt_name. For example, I used alt_name for the second name on streets with multiple signs[2], until I learnt that they should be old_name=* [1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name [2]: http://bleah.co.uk/~simon/photos/osm/multi-signage/mayford-mayfield.jpg Simon -- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.—John Gall
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