[OSM-newbies] How to tag a dual name city/village.

[Bráulio]

You can use the alt_name tag and put the various alternative names separated
by semicolons.

See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:alt_name

>From what I can remember, this works well with Nominatim.

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 08:18, Donald Campbell II <donaciano2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> In this area of Guyana<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=6.0555&lon=-57.1778&zoom=13&layers=M>there's an interesting tradition of how the villages are named.
>
> Basically the names on the signs show something like "No. 73 Clonbrook".
>
> People refer to the village in several ways. "73 village", "Clonbrook",
> "Number 73" and maybe a few others.
>
> I can put the sign name on the map, but how would someone find it when
> searching nominatim? How can I properly tag it so people can search for just
> Clonbrook, No.73, Number 73 village, 73 village, 73 Clonbrook and the many
> other possible permutations?
>
> Thanks,
> -Don.
>
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