Re: [OSM-talk] Tag alt_name

2008-10-23 Thread David Earl
On 23/10/2008 01:14, Matthias Julius wrote: > I don't know any example, but if you search long enough you might find > a road with three names. What do you do then? "another_alt_name"? You already know the conventional answer: "alt_name=name1; name2" David

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag alt_name

2008-10-23 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Matthias Julius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the two names or spellings of the name are equal in preference they > should both be included in the "name" tag, IMHO. > > I don't know any example, but if you search long enough you might find > a road with three name

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag alt_name

2008-10-22 Thread Matthias Julius
Christoph Böhme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Pieren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> I would like to add the tag "alt_name" in the Map Features wiki page. >> I discovered this tag in a mail from David Earl ([1]) sometime ago but >> I don't think that many people are reading the ML archives. >> I

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag alt_name

2008-10-22 Thread Christoph Böhme
Pieren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I would like to add the tag "alt_name" in the Map Features wiki page. > I discovered this tag in a mail from David Earl ([1]) sometime ago but > I don't think that many people are reading the ML archives. > I also don't think that a vote is required here becau

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag alt_name

2008-10-21 Thread Hugh Barnes
On Tuesday 21 October 2008, 20:56:58, Pieren did write: > > I would like to add the tag "alt_name" in the Map Features wiki page. > I discovered this tag in a mail from David Earl ([1]) sometime ago but > I don't think that many people are reading the ML archives. > I also don't think that a vote

[OSM-talk] Tag alt_name

2008-10-21 Thread Pieren
Hi all, I would like to add the tag "alt_name" in the Map Features wiki page. I discovered this tag in a mail from David Earl ([1]) sometime ago but I don't think that many people are reading the ML archives. I also don't think that a vote is required here because the tag seems "obvious" for me. B