[Tagging] International and UN names

[Jeroen Hoek]

Are there any cases where the UN names are missing from the name, 
int_name, alt_name, official_name tags and their language specific 
variants (e.g., name:en)? For larger entities like countries these tend 
to be quite exhaustive.

OSM already takes care to use the names that correspond with local usage 
and custom. Is there a use-case for data consumers to specifically query 
UN-sanctioned names instead?

On 15-03-2022 08:59, Michael Montani wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I would like to ask 2 questions related to international names on OSM:
> 
>   * Is there any clear guidance on the reference body used for
>     international names? On OSM there is an int_name=* tag which is
>     described on the wiki as following:
> 
>     *int_name* /User defined node way area/ International name (note:
>     consider using language specific names instead; e.g., name:en=... -
>     see above – International does not (necessarily) mean English).
> 
>     There are currently 583 691 OSM objects
>     <https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/int_name> with such tag
>     according to TagInfo
> 
>   * If the UN headquarters would like share authoritative names on OSM
>     in the 6 UN official languages would *name:UN:ar, **name:UN:zh,
>     **name:UN:en, **name:UN:fr, **name:UN:ru, name:UN:es* do the job?
> 
>     According to TagInfo, there are currently 44 name:UN and 14
>     name:UN:*, not many.
> 
>     If this would be the solution, shall we document this naming on
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names> as a
>     specific entry, especially stating that, as being open data, it
>     couldn't be trusted 100% at any time? Obviously, we will keep an eye
>     on this tag if we decide to go ahead with it.
>     Also, what would be the right procedure for us to follow to have
>     those on OSM?
> 
> 
> name:UN:* or int_name would be beneficial for all UN entities and 
> agencies, funds and programs using OSM to ingest UN authoritative names 
> in their products.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael, UN Mappers <https://mappers.un.org/>
> 
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