[osm-pl] Incorrect city name in Poland
masti
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Pon, 11 Wrz 2017, 09:12:33 UTC
Hi,
the name displayed depends on Your browser settings.
Kołobrzeg described as relation
http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2468278
has polish (Kołobrzeg), english (Colberg) and german (Kolberg) names listed.
All of them are correct.
masti
On 07.09.2017 15:20, Mihail Mitev wrote:
> Your map is wrong. It shows the Polish city of Kołobrzeg (port on the
> Baltic Sea) as listed as Colberg. This is not the proper name. Kołobrzeg is
> in Poland and this is the only accepted name and any other name is
> demeaning to the people that live in this very important port city and
> brings up very negative connotations that can be construed as derogatory.
> Please change the name in your maps or contact someone to do this.
>
> The international name of the city is Kołobrzeg. Colburg (incidentally
> incorrect spelling as it is) was the name of the city under German
> occupation for many years. Only the Polish name is the accepted
> international form.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%82obrzeg
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
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