[Talk-us] Misspelled names

[Brian Egge]

The iD editor uses the Name Suggestion Index to suggest correct spellings
and tags for common places.  (
https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/blob/e3b1dafc0acea3e18543647920748962f849e204/canonical.json#L361
)

I've submitted a few pull requests, but haven't seen much activity on this
project in the past year.

On Thu Dec 18 2014 at 12:50:29 PM Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, 2014-12-17 at 16:13 -0600, Mike Henson wrote:
>
> > I am still having issues with Sonic (http://www.sonicdrivein.com/)
> >
> > people use SONIC, Sonic or Sonic Drive-in on OSM. The website is no
> > help because they also use all 3 names... Is there a consensus on
> > Sonic?
>
> I use Sonic, no caps, and no "Drive-in". At least one location in
> Houston is drive-thru only; Sonic also had a food court location in
> Willowbrook Mall for a while.
>
> > I am also having an issue with Walmart, should it be a Marketplace,
> > Supermarket, Department store??? All 3 are used in OSM in Oklahoma.
>
> It should be the same as Target with a grocery store, unless it's a
> "Walmart Neighborhood Market" which is clearly just shop=supermarket.
> The last Walmart I tagged was shop=department_store but it probably
> should be shop=department_store;supermarket instead.
>
> --
> Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn at rushpost.com>
>
>
>
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