I'd put it in OHM rather than OSM. OHM could develop tools that would
allow scrolling through dates to 'see' things as they were.
On 15/12/18 02:34, Adam Franco wrote:
I have a question about `name=` and variants of names. I've been
reading a lot of local history and in the architecture/history world,
houses are generally named for the first resident that they were built
for. E.g. "Johnson house" and are referred to in this way even after
many generations of new owners. After adding a few of these names to
the `name= <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>` tag I
realized that this might be problematic as `name=` seems to be given
higher rendering priority than house number (at least on
openstreetmap.org <http://openstreetmap.org> and Maps.me), potentially
causing wayfinding confusion as addresses disappear and long-dead
owners names start popping up.
For some of these buildings they are commonly referred to by the
public using this historical-owner name. For example the "Osborne
house" <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/378028294> in my town was
referred to as such in public meetings and newspapers several years
ago when it was picked up and moved. It now has a new address as a
result of this move.
In many other cases buildings are locally referred to by their current
address or current occupant. Especially in the case of a building
taken up by a single business, locals will simply refer to the
building as the "<name of business> building". The historical-owner
name is still valid and interesting for cross-referencing historical
materials, but it likely isn't well known and in many cases and
wouldn't be useful for wayfinding as it would not be found on signage.
What are folks thoughts about these historical-owner building names
when they aren't well-known? Should they go in a `description=
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:description>` tag, `alt_name=
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name>`, or some other tag?
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Adam
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