[Tagging] Title of maps (information=map)

[Mike Thompson]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 11:00 AM Raphael <dafadllyn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Nov 2021 at 22:55, ael via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 07, 2021 at 09:57:35PM +0100, Peter Elderson wrote:
> > > For me it sounds wrong.
> > >
> > > Stones, plaques, caves, gates, wooden headbords and such have
> inscriptions. Boards with maps have headers like title or name of the map.
> >
> > I agree. In British English, this is unusual terminology. To say that a
> > map has an "inscription" would suggest that something beyond the title
> > had been added.
>
> You are right, inscription seems to be an inappropriate term for
> titles. If we want to use a more appropriate tag for titles, it makes
> more sense to use "title" or something similar.
>
> How do we want to proceed? If i've counted correctly, five of us
> (including me) would prefer another tag and five think that "name" is
> fine. Would some of you that wrote that "name" is fine also be fine
> with a new tag "title" or similar?
>
If we use name=*, then by that reasoning street signs could be tagged with
name=<name of street>, and city limit signs could be tagged with name=<name
of city>.

I am fine with title=*

Mike

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