See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name
alt_name, loc_name (?), reg_name <> (?) seems fitting In case of multiple alternative names use https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Semi-colon_value_separator alt_name=Foobar;Qwerty alt_name_1, alt_name_2 is rather poor idea, see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Remove_suffixed_name-tags_from_wiki Mar 5, 2020, 17:29 by [email protected]: > I'm not an expert in the field of naming U.S. interstate highways. I'd like > some opinions from others with more experience with this. > > A new OSM user has just "named" Interstate 25 (I-25) as the "CanAm Highway". > As a native Coloradan, I can say I've never heard anyone refer to I-25 as the > CanAm Highway. There is a Wikipedia page on the name. This highway might also > be referred to as the PanAmerican Highway, but again, nobody in this region > refers to it as such. I suppose almost all U.S. interstate highways could be > "named" the Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway. A few years ago a user > "named" I-70 and I-25 in Colorado as the "> Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway", > which I deleted explaining to the user this was not how Coloradans referred > to these interstates. > > Before I (gently) approach the new user, what is the best way for this name > to be tagged? I assume a relation is not the best answer. I would think > alt_name, alt_name_1, alt_name_2, etc., is the best method? > > Thanks, Jack Armstrong > chachafish > > >
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