Hi Dave, hi Warin, exactly my thoughts. See also again the comments on my diary: these names seem to be official ones.
So I'll add OSM notes to let others fix this or should I move them directly to official name and leave name empty? (I've no local knowledge there :)) Kind Regards, Peter On 27.09.2015 14:12, Dave Swarthout wrote: > Google translate shows this for the name: > > Moscow - Maloyaroslavets - Roslavl to the border with the Republic of > Belarus (Bobruisk, Slutsk) "- Spas-Demensk - Elnya - Pochinok" - > Byvalki - Shirkova > > Looks like the destination is included in the name. Surely nobody uses > that long tongue-twister in everyday conversation. > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Warin <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On 27/09/2015 8:21 PM, Peter wrote: > > Hi all, > > we've detecting more and more long names for highways, like I once > reported here: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/karussell/diary/26055 > > One example: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/51109811 > > As discussed there the names are from official source, but > should we > really include this in the name tag? > > > Why not put it as the alternate name? This way the 'official name' > is recorded for all to see. > > The name= I'd use would be what the locals call it .. or what is > on a sign post. It won't be long (I'd think). > > > I've posted this to the OSM forum already and there seem to be > a bit > controversial answers :) > http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=50717 > > But I agree with 'SomeoneElse' that description should not go > into the name. > What is common sense here? > > > Descriptions do not go into the name tag. > But if the 'official name' is that then it goes in. > > If it has no name then there are tags for that too! key:noname=yes > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:noname > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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