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to the current naming convention for Korean places. I am working on a project </font><a href="http://www.openbaekdudaegan.org/"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">www.openbaekdudaegan.org</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri"> , and I
find the current naming convention of using parentheses cumbersome. When I create
printed maps, and base maps for my GPS and hand phone the extra characters make
the text difficult to read. I also think that it causes unnecessary clutter on
the OSM slippy map. If you look at my Baekdudaegan overview map (</font><a href="http://www.openbaekdudaegan.org/maps.html"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">www.openbaekdudaegan.org/maps.html</font></a><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">)
and compare the OSM base layer to Google you can see the difference. </font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Since the Korean and Roman
alphabet are completely different I don’t foresee how this could cause a
problem with the database. I have included an example of my proposal below. My
proposal would have the added benefit of making the Korean language more
understandable to users who are not familiar with it by hyphenating the place
name suffix to emphasis the importance of place names. For example, Sunho-ri <span style> </span>instead of Sunhori.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">I don’t propose we edit every feature
and change the names, but try to encourage users to adopt the new convention
for future work. Or as a compromise allow both conventions to coexist Assuming
my proposal is found acceptable the Korea OSM community, I plan on using this
naming convention for areas surrounding the Baekdudaegan trail.<span style> </span>My proposed change is outlined below. Please
let me know what you think.</font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Hyphenate place name suffix to <span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">emphasize</span> meaning</font></font></p>
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