[OSM-talk] brackets in placenames

[Dirk-Lüder Kreie]

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Dave schrieb:
> On 19/04/07, Sven Geggus <lists at fuchsschwanzdomain.de> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> unfortunately my Hometown is called "Weingarten (Baden)" which osmarender
>> seems to have problems with.
>>
>> If you look at the following URL:
>>
>> http://informationfreeway.org/?lat=6284034.69361&lon=949299.91241&zoom=15&layers=B000
>>
>> The village is just called "Weingarten".
>>
>> Any Idea how to fix this?
>>
> 
> It actually looks like the name is just too long -- the town is on the
> border of a level 12 tile so is just being cut off. You can see the
> "n" isn't quite all there.
> 

Sometimes patience is the key, the remainder of the name has been rendered.

I doubt the (Baden) part is on the "Ortseingangsschild" if it's indeed
not there you could tag this as

name=Weingarten
is_in=Baden,Baden-Württemberg,Germany

Maybe a tag name_suffix should be added for these cases?


Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie

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