[Tagging] a kind of name:XX-modern-not-used

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Thu Jan 23 22:12:21 UTC 2020


Why should OSM record the meaning of names?


A few Australian names have meaning ...

Kirribilli means 'place across the water'.

Should these be recorded in OSM?


I think not.




On 24/1/20 9:01 am, ferdi98701 at gmail.com wrote:
>
> So if I understand you correctly I’d suggest something like 
> name:literally and name:XX:literally which describes the literal 
> meaning of words
>
> *From: *marc marc <mailto:marc_marc_irc at hotmail.com>
> *Sent: *Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2020 22:51
> *To: *tag <mailto:tagging at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject: *[Tagging] a kind of name:XX-modern-not-used
>
> Hello,
>
> some words in the name of some street is not understood by some people.
>
> these are often old notations, sometimes borrowed from another language
>
> but used in the official language to name this street.
>
> street sign have those "one-name-but-in-mixed-language" and only that.
>
> a contributor spends time trying to find the meaning of these words and
>
> replaces the name with a modern version, absent both from the ground and
>
> from use, in favour of a name that is the one that could have been
>
> written if this street had been created today.
>
> it's a bit as if this contributor added to Big Ben name:fr="Grand Ben"
>
> or "Nouveau York" for "New York"
>
> it's obviously wrong. but how could we keep track of the meanings
>
> of the words from the old days?
>
> I thinking about a kind of tag name:fr-modern-not-used or a kind of
>
> name:etymology but which does not inform a person but an object, a
>
> building, a profession, ...
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc
>
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