<html><body>Hi,<br><br><blockquote data-email="dieterdreist@gmail.com">> How do I tag two different historical churches with the same name, but not the same identity, that are located a few miles apart?<br><br>different objects in OSM, same name tag. There’s no problem, besides maybe other mappers thinking there is something fishy<br></blockquote><p><br></p><blockquote data-email="dieterdreist@gmail.com">> Would adding "established <x>" and "established <y>" as part of the names of the two different historical locations be an appropriate technique, with the third node for the current church's location also having the "established <y>" as part of the name? I would like to have some way to indicating the linkage.<br><br>you should/could add the start_date tag. Enhancing the name doesn’t seem right, but it could go into the description tag as well.</blockquote><p><br></p><p>+1 on both<br></p><p><br></p><p>Aditionally, you want to add an explanation for future mappers in note=*. Example: "A church
with identical name a few miles to the west but distinct. Both exist. This one was founded in 1982."
It's easy and goes a long way towards clearing the confusion. Notes are great, really: You can write anything, without being restricted by tagging!</p><p><br></p><p>If you feel that regular users should be able to get this information too, use description=*. The only difference is that note=* is for mappers and hidden from users, while description=* should be visible to users in object details.<br></p><br>Best,<br>Vladimir<br></body></html>