Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names
2011/6/1 Peter Wendorff wendo...@uni-paderborn.de: Why not include a weblink to the reason for the name? That could be a wikipedia-link to the page of the person the name comes from - or something else. The key could be eponym, but personally I don't see necessity for this. cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Simone Saviolo simone.savi...@gmail.comwrote: Good idea, but not with etymology as the name. -1 You have to keep in mind, though, that this information is not strictly part of the geographical characteristics of the way/place, I would even say that it has nothing to do with a geographic database. OSM is NOT an encyclopedia. OSM is not a substitute of Wikipedia. Pieren ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names
On 31/05/2011 17:21, Pieren wrote: On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Simone Saviolo simone.savi...@gmail.com mailto:simone.savi...@gmail.com wrote: Good idea, but not with etymology as the name. -1 You have to keep in mind, though, that this information is not strictly part of the geographical characteristics of the way/place, I would even say that it has nothing to do with a geographic database. OSM is NOT an encyclopedia. OSM is not a substitute of Wikipedia. I think the intention was to record the specific words on the street-sign rather than general encyclopaedic information about the person who gave his name to the street. That could be legitimate for OSM, do you agree? -- Steve ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names
Why not include a weblink to the reason for the name? That could be a wikipedia-link to the page of the person the name comes from - or something else. regards Peter Am 31.05.2011 23:58, schrieb Steve Doerr: On 31/05/2011 17:21, Pieren wrote: On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Simone Saviolo simone.savi...@gmail.com mailto:simone.savi...@gmail.com wrote: Good idea, but not with etymology as the name. -1 You have to keep in mind, though, that this information is not strictly part of the geographical characteristics of the way/place, I would even say that it has nothing to do with a geographic database. OSM is NOT an encyclopedia. OSM is not a substitute of Wikipedia. I think the intention was to record the specific words on the street-sign rather than general encyclopaedic information about the person who gave his name to the street. That could be legitimate for OSM, do you agree? -- Steve ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names
On 09/04/2011 15:30, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2011/4/8 Simone Saviolosimone.savi...@gmail.com: Good idea, but not with etymology as the name. This is not the etymology; that would be the philological origins of the word. +1 Here we are talking about a description of the person the place is named after, and especially the reason why he deserved the honour. +1 One possibility would be to use a tag like name:wikipedia=language:article name (presetting name to a wikipedia-tag-like-construction). Most important persons will have their own wikipedia article. -1. It seems that the intention here is to record the words on the sign. Maybe the word eponymy would be appropriate? -- Steve ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names
2011/4/8 Simone Saviolo simone.savi...@gmail.com: Good idea, but not with etymology as the name. This is not the etymology; that would be the philological origins of the word. +1 Here we are talking about a description of the person the place is named after, and especially the reason why he deserved the honour. +1 One possibility would be to use a tag like name:wikipedia=language:article name (presetting name to a wikipedia-tag-like-construction). Most important persons will have their own wikipedia article. cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
[Tagging] etymology of street names
In Ghent (Belgium) I find the following in the name tags: Henri Farmanstraat ((Luchthavenpionier, 1874-1958)) Vincent Evrardlaan ((Oud burgemeester van Gentbrugge, 1896-1995)) Guido Gezelle straat ((Dichter, 1830-1899)) Interesting information, but technically not really part of the name of the street. (Nobody will add that as part of an addres). Still, I also already wanted to be able to add this information. Can this information be stored in a name:etymology-tag? And while we're at it, we may be able to add a link to Wikipedia as well? name:wikipedia=nl:Guido Gezelle What do you think? mvg, Polyglot ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names
2011/4/8 Jo winfi...@gmail.com In Ghent (Belgium) I find the following in the name tags: Henri Farmanstraat ((Luchthavenpionier, 1874-1958)) Vincent Evrardlaan ((Oud burgemeester van Gentbrugge, 1896-1995)) Guido Gezelle straat ((Dichter, 1830-1899)) Interesting information, but technically not really part of the name of the street. (Nobody will add that as part of an addres). Still, I also already wanted to be able to add this information. Can this information be stored in a name:etymology-tag? Good idea, but not with etymology as the name. This is not the etymology; that would be the philological origins of the word. Here we are talking about a description of the person the place is named after, and especially the reason why he deserved the honour. You have to keep in mind, though, that this information is not strictly part of the geographical characteristics of the way/place, but more of an occasional addendum. Here in Italy this caption is often included in older signs, or in newer signs in the historic centre that usually have some better quality, but it's usually ignored on newer signs (like this [1] ). mvg, Polyglot Regards, Simone [1] http://giandri.altervista.org/Prigioniero/ViaBosso.JPG ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
