You can use the alt_name tag and put the various alternative names separated by semicolons.
See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name >From what I can remember, this works well with Nominatim. On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 08:18, Donald Campbell II <[email protected]>wrote: > In this area of > Guyana<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=6.0555&lon=-57.1778&zoom=13&layers=M>there's > an interesting tradition of how the villages are named. > > Basically the names on the signs show something like "No. 73 Clonbrook". > > People refer to the village in several ways. "73 village", "Clonbrook", > "Number 73" and maybe a few others. > > I can put the sign name on the map, but how would someone find it when > searching nominatim? How can I properly tag it so people can search for just > Clonbrook, No.73, Number 73 village, 73 village, 73 Clonbrook and the many > other possible permutations? > > Thanks, > -Don. > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > >
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