[OSM-talk] Searching and alt_name

[Dan Karran]

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 11:44 AM, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:

>  It's usually POIs affected, and it is usually just variations in names
>  rather than completely different names (when you would probably want
>  them rendered anyway). Occasionally though street names also have this
>  problem. Consider one I came across recently: signs say "Long Horse
>  Croft". You can imagine someone might search for "Longhorse Croft"
>  (especially as that's how the district council list it on their refuse
>  collection days list).

What should happen in situations where different names are used in
different contexts? I can think of at least one example on the Isle of
Man where the B39 Corlea Road ([1], and in post office database) is
also known as the Ronague Road [2], the Solomons Corner to Ronague
Road [3], and on the road sign on the ground as the Road of the Grey
Hill (or in Manx Bayr Yn Chor Lheeah).

Presumably the main name is the one on the ground (despite not being
referenced in any official documents available online), and each of
the others should be referred to in an alt_name tag?

[1] http://www.gov.im/lib/news/transport/transportpublicn230.xml
[2] http://www.gov.im/lib/news/transport/transportpublicn153.xml
[3] http://www.gov.im/lib/news/transport/transportpublicn50.xml


Cheers,
Dan

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