[Tagging] name of river/admin area

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Tue Sep 4 21:28:33 BST 2012


"Janko Mihelić" <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Naming things as they are said makes it difficult for machines to give
> you
> a human readable name. In Osmand, if you touch a POI, for example a
> hotel,
> it says Hotel xxx. So if someone named it "Hotel Park", it will say
> "Hotel
> Hotel Park".
> 
> Likewise, if we have a different word for hotel, like inn, maybe you
> don't
> want to have them both said.
> 
> I'm not saying we shouldn't put those words in a name, I'm just saying
> we
> have a (small) problem.

Although it isn't as obvious, you can also get redundant names when you mix languages.  Examples would be Torpenhow Hill in the UK (translates to "hill hill hill hill") and the Rio Grande River in the USA (translates to "big river river").

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John F. Eldredge --  john at jfeldredge.com
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