[Historic] "HOSM" or "OHM"?
Richard Welty
rwelty at averillpark.net
Thu Feb 28 13:40:49 UTC 2013
On 2/28/13 8:21 AM, Owens, Trevor wrote:
> Mostly an avid lurker here, but I figured I'd throw in two cents to say that OHM has a nice ring to it and I think for folks that folks who know OSM would make the connection in their minds (It has the same cadence to it & same first and last letter).
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> Beyond that, OHM would make a lot more sense to folks who aren't particularly familiar with OSM. Given that folks want to go way back in history, it's also worth noting that "street" doesn't have a universal historical connotation. (Thinking here of historians that one would love to have get involved working on early Norse societies or archeologists working with pre-colonial history of the Americas both of whom might be excited about working with historical maps, but might see the word "street" and think it's not really for them). I don't think that's a particularly significant issue, but just a short note to mention that the project might seem more inviting to some if it didn't have "Street" in the title.
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i think OHM is fine. i also think we might consider using ohm: as a
prefix for tags so that
there is a unique namespace for the project.
richard
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