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 also don't think that a vote is required here because the tag seems >> "obvious" for me. But I would like to hear your opinions about the tag >> itself and if it can go directly in the Map Features page or not. > > Just last weekend I tagged a small road in Birmingham which has a sign > saying "The Fireway Passage, also known as the Insurance Passage". I > wanted to tag it as alt_name but since I could not find this tag on > map features I tagged it as loc_name. I am going to change this now. > alt_name is much more appropriate. > >> I know it is not widely used (approx. 200 nodes and 200 ways) but I >> think it's because not many people know it and also because it's >> rarely required (only on naming variations). > > It could be also used for roads where the signs provide different > spellings of the name.
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 names. What do you do then? "another_alt_name"? Matthias _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
