[talk-au] Dual naming in NSW

[Andrew Harvey]

On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 at 08:11, Tom Brennan <website at ozultimate.com> 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?
>

At a minimum they should have:

name:en=Bradleys Head (name in English)
name:aus=Booraghee (name in Australian Aboriginal Language (non-specific)

This allows data consumers to choose what they display to users and how.


> The specific aboriginal language is not necessarily known.
>

You can/should use the Australian Aboriginal Language (non-specific)
language code "aus", ie. name:aus=*
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name:aus


> 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.
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