[OSM-talk] Adding key info from good email threads to help.osm.org? -- Re: [Tagging] name of river/admin area

[Jaakko Helleranta.com]

Hi there,

Is there some policy or common understanding of how key info from good
email threads should/could be added to help.osm.org? .. I mean, it of
course only takes someone to ask a question -- but if some_one_ wants to
add someone's question and then answer it, too, then how does that work?

Colin: Would you like to answer your question at help.osm.org? ... (This
seems a bit complicated, as a procedure, eih?)

Asks,
-Jaakko

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On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Jaakko Helleranta.com <jaakko at helleranta.com
> wrote:

> I think this is clearly one of those cases where it's impossible to set a
> global simple rule...
> ... except that:
> * use the name, which is used as the name. (here e.g. Thames vs.
> Hudson/Potomac/what-not River)
> * Add official name where the commonly used name differs from name
> (perhaps e.g. Alexandria, VA vs. City of Alexandria, VA -- where I lived 4
> years)
> * add other loc_*, old_*, national_*, what-not_* names as needed / used...
>
> Clear? Obviously not but not that obscure either...
>
> Cheers,
> -Jaakko
>
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>
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Colin Smale <colin.smale at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> I can't find any guidance or consistency in the data, so I thought I'd
>> let up a balloon here...
>>
>> Should the name=* for a river include the word "River"? Is it
>> "name=Thames" or "name=River Thames"?
>>
>> According to the wiki [1] we should only use "Thames" in this case. If we
>> consider "River Thames" to be the "full name" we can put that in full_name
>> or official_name.
>>
>> The word "River" doesn't always precede the name: there are many examples
>> of XXX River (e.g. Hudson River in NYC). Because of this I think we should
>> put the "full name" somewhere.
>>
>> An analgous situation occurs with administrative units such as cities,
>> boroughs etc. Should the NYC boundary be tagged with "name=New York" or
>> "name=New York City" or "name=City of New York"? In the UK, is it
>> "name=Maidstone" or "name=Maidstone Borough Council" or "name=Borough of
>> Maidstone"?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Names#Name_is_the_name_**only<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Name_is_the_name_only>
>>
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