[OSM-talk] alt_name tag

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/9/21 Axel Jacobs <blumpsy at yahoo.co.uk>:
> You should go by the street signs. Whatever they indicate is the official name ('name=').

no, it is an indeece for the official name, but they can have errors
as well, are sometime abbreviated, etc. The official name in Germany
is the one the street is officially named in a legislational act
(usually in the town assembly), and I guess most other countries have
similar procedures...

cheers,
Martin