Update: Advice needed - dispute regarding names in Cyprus

[Martijn van Oosterhout-2]

On Nov 12, 2007 1:18 AM, Gregory <nomoregrapes@...> wrote:
> Now all the data has been put in with the various tags name:el, old_name
> etc. But the main point, and the one that the changer/deleter is interested
> in, is of course the tag that shows up on all maps showing a name. The
> name=.

Is that so? Are you sure that's not just because he hasn't spotted the
other tags yet?

My only suggestion is then to leave the name= tag off and just use
name:lang and see if that sticks...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@...> http://svana.org/kleptog/

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[Gregory Marler]

Who says it's just a navigational aid?  Navigation is my primary desire
for the data.  Other people may want the data for illustrating academic
articles.  In discussion with a friend, we recently had the idea of
integrating the data into a racing game so that you can race around
actual streets.  There are a panoply of potential uses for the OSM data,
not all of which are going to want just the signpost language or name.

Cool, I started thinking about a maze game with an 'import from OSM' feature of some sort.

And yeah I agree that OSM isn't just a navigational aid. I really like OSM because you can access the data and do what you like with it, and that doesn't just mean make navigational aids for different users.



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[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Paul Fox]

> hi -- OSM newbie here.
>
> isn't the real issue that there's really no "fundamental truth"
> with regard to geographic placenames, and even borders?

Well, at least place names have signs on the nearby walls or poles as
a verifiable fact, and personally, I believe these are the ones that
should be used.  If several names are used in the area, one probably
need to list all of them.

If I got this story right, there is one set of signs in the area, and
someone in a neighboring area would like to have the signs replaced
with names used 30 years ago in the local area and is using OSM to
demonstrate this wish.

Happy hacking,
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Petter Reinholdtsen


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