[Tagging] foreign names for stuff, was: "Mörthe und Mosel"

[Philip Barnes]

It is likely to be confusing if it is not on the signs leading to the station.

Phil (trigpoint)

On 7 January 2023 19:10:17 GMT, Alexander Kane <1998alexkane at gmail.com> wrote:
>I've been pondering whether to add name:en to European train stations when
>the English announcement is usually translated. For example Cologne South
>for the train station Köln Süd.
>
>Alex
>
>Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> schrieb am Fr.,
>6. Jan. 2023, 04:27:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jan 5, 2023, 17:36 by frederik at remote.org:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 1/5/23 11:00, Anne- Karoline Distel wrote:
>>
>> I personally found old, yet now maybe offensive names on OpenStreetMap
>> very useful
>>
>>
>> Yes, this is something people occasionally quote as a reason for keeping
>> old street names as well - genealogy and other historic research. Such
>> names should always be in an old_name tag though, to avoid a multi-lingual
>> map showing them prominently.
>>
>> sometimes with language suffix, like old_name:de
>> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/old_name%3Ade#values
>>
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