On Thu, 2015-05-28 at 22:20 +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Yes, I've thought about that; name:en is very useful for me but > ultimately, if the locals don't use it, then it isn't "on the ground", > and then it shouldn't be in OSM really. > Absolutely agree, there is a tendency to have name for places that really don't need it. As a traveller I would far rather maps show what I am going to see on the ground, or a roadsign than some made up name.
A German city, I think it was Würzburg, was in the news last year. It is a name I am familiar with, however the BBC news report had dug up an English spelling I was totally unaware existed. Many are just plain silly, why does English put an 's' on the end of Lyon and Marseille. Berlin does not need a name;en tag. Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk