On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 03:26:49PM +0200, Maarten Deen wrote: > > I understand that name:xx is mainly for what is on the street signs, but > > this is only because the relevant names in all the relevant languages are > > usually on a nearby street sign. When they are not, that rule no longer > > applies. > name:xx is IMHO not mainly for street signs. At least if you speak of name:xx > for use as a literal translation to other languages (the "Bergstraße - > Mountain road" example) it has little or no use in street signs, except in > multilingual places where the street signs show multiple languages. > It has more use in place names. I think the most interesting would be POIs. Just an example from Vienna: http://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#way_9826594 name:de=Stephansdom name:en=St. Stephen's Cathedral name:fr=Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Vienne name:hu=Szent István-székesegyház
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