[OSM-talk] old_name

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Wed Sep 9 06:13:32 UTC 2015



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> Am 08.09.2015 um 22:33 schrieb moltonel 3x Combo <moltonel at gmail.com>:
> 
> Probably. Didn't find one in OSM data, but the same exercise with
> "Lutèce" yields a lot of results in Paris. So what ? The name is a
> current property of those businesses, not of the city the businesses
> are in.


IMHO the fact that they have it in their name (and that many people know what they refer to) is a proof that these old names are still in use somehow. These are different to egyptian hieroglyphs where you need an expert to guess the meaning.

cheers 
Martin 


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