[OSM-talk] Multiple naming

[Jochen Topf]

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:38:17PM +0100, Frank Mohr wrote:
> Simon Hewison wrote:
> > lewispusey wrote:
> > 
> >>Is there a way to add more that one name to a road as JOSM doesnt seem 
> >>to let me.
> > 
> > 
> > I'd suggest using the "name" key for the normal name for thing, and then 
> > there's things like "loc_name" for local names for things, "nat_name" 
> > for a national name - which I use for Welsh place names in predominantly 
> > English speaking areas of Wales.
> > 
> > Then of course, there's "ref" for things like official route designators 
> > - like "I90", "M4", that sort of thing.
> > 
> 
> that doesn't solve all problems
> 
> i have a small street segment that has 2 names
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?lat=49.87953032161319&lon=8.636644901353225&zoom=16
> 
> that's an image of the street sign:
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Image:Dscf0544_600.jpg

Are you sure that this road has two names? I read this images as follows
Road name is "Mainzer Straße" (house numbers 168 to 55 in this section)
and to get to the numbers 101-80 of "Landwehrstraße", you have to go
down into this road. (Thats what the little arrow is for.) These kinds
of signs are often used when there parts of some larger road split of
into a dead end road or something and it is not immediately obvious
where the missing house numbers in the larger part of the road are.

Jochen
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