[talk-au] Dual naming in NSW

[Ian Bennett]

I'm struggling to word this reply without being labelled racist or discriminatory, but I believe the
English names should remain and the "alt_name" field be used for local names.
Anything else will render OSM data unusable to the majority of people in this country.

Ian

On 6/6/23 8:06 am, Tom Brennan wrote:
> There are an increasing number of places/features in NSW that are getting dual (aboriginal) naming.
> 
> For example:
> - Booraghee / Bradleys Head
> - Cooyoyo / The Castle
> - Fort Denison / Muddawahnyuh
> 
> From the point of view of the Geographic Names Board, there doesn't appear to be any primacy given
> to one name or the other.
> 
> Is there a view as to how to record these in OSM?
> 
> The specific aboriginal language is not necessarily known.
> 
> There are obviously tags like 'alt_name' that can be used to store a second name, but not sure if
> that's most appropriate in cases like this.
> 
> cheers
> Tom
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