On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Gorm E. Johnsen <osml...@gorm.cc> wrote: >>but astonishingly I can't find a single instance of these with taginfo >> right now (maybe some mass-retagging?). > > An example of different names through time: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/9873833 > Instances like the one above are even searchable in nominatim.
The question here is more to know if we use "old_name" or "name:fi" in this context. But about these tags "old_name:<dates>", I think there is a consensus to not map historic features in OSM when they don't exist any more (the famous "on the ground" rule). What is the interest of tagging the 3, 5 or 10 previous endonyms when the topology is different today ? I agree that "old_name" can help mapping in some ways like using old maps or old traffic/street signs. But tagging the whole list of older names is a new paradigm where OSM becomes an encyclopedia. But OSM is not Wikipedia. And if you want to see the list of events and previous names of a place, it's easier and enough to read the wikipedia article about this place. One tag "wikipedia=*" instead of dozens "bla:<dates>=blabla". Pieren _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
