<div dir="ltr">Hi Andreas,<div><br></div><div>When I have doubt about the spelling of the name of the street, since in Brazil we have a number of streets with German, Italian, Polish, etc. names and also variations, I go to Google and search for the name of the street and the city name. Frequently Google will correct the spelling and will give many references as bonus. I also append "lei" (law) to the query so that I can find the law that gave name to that street or any other law relative to that street or also I can find lawsuits where one of the involved lives or works in that street. Many cities have all their laws online in websites like <a href="http://www.jusbrasil.com.br">www.jusbrasil.com.br</a> or <a href="http://www.leismunicipais.com.br">www.leismunicipais.com.br</a> but not all them. Another good source is online phonebooks (<a href="http://www.guiafacil.com">www.guiafacil.com</a> and <a href="http://www.guiamais.com.br">www.guiamais.com.br</a>). Beware that sometimes even the laws have spelling problems (probably when the law was OCR'd or retyped) so try to double/triple check anything.</div><div><br></div><div>BTW, I tried this with using Rua d'Ajuda <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Buranhém as query but I found nothing. Apparently there is little online about this town.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Gabriel</font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 September 2014 15:15, Andreas Schmidt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schmidt-postfach@freenet.de" target="_blank">schmidt-postfach@freenet.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Hi Roger,<br>
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thank you very much. Should you ever need any help with German
language, please feel free to ask me.<br>
<br>
Look, where I took RUA DAJUDA from:<br>
<img src="cid:part1.08090206.06080809@freenet.de" alt=""><br>
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<div>Am 10.09.2014 um 16:52 schrieb Roger C.
Soares:<br>
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<div>Hi Andreas,<br>
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RUA DAJUDA<br>
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This one I'm not sure, it probably would be Rua da Ajuda or Rua
d'Ajuda. I would probably tag:<br>
name=Rua d'Ajuda<br>
alt_name=Rua da Ajuda<br>
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<br>
<blockquote type="cite">TRAVESSA
DE LIBERODADE<br>
Liberodade is probably liberdade. Would need to confirm if it is
Travessa de Liberdade or Travessa da Liberdade. (...)<br>
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Sorry! This was my mistake. It cleary reads "...da Liberdade" - my
fault.<span class=""><br>
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<blockquote type="cite">RUA
HELIO CORDEIRO NUNES<br>
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Rua Hélio Cordeiro Nunes<br>
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PRACA HELIO CORDEIRO NUNES<br>
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Praça Hélio Cordeiro Nunes<br>
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RUA DAS FLORES<br>
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Rua das Flores<br>
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SAIDA PARA SANTO ANTONIO E MONTE AZUL<br>
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Saída is an exit (exit to Santo Antônio and Monte Azul). I don't
name this. Maybe it could be tagged as a motorway_junction:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_junction" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_junction</a><br>
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I really appreciate to get a free lesson in Portuguese language :-)<br>
<br>
Though I never learned Portuguese, I find some words are similar to
French or Italian.<br>
In school, I learned English and French. Later, when I was a coach
driver, I learned very little Spanish and Italian when I stayed in
that countries.<br>
But anyway, I assumed „SAIDA“ to be an exit and other words like
liberdade and cemiterio were recognized :-)<br>
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May I continue to ask spelling questions here?<br>
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I will go on with some Brazilian villages that a not fully mapped.<br>
<br>
regards,<br>
Andreas<br>
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