[OSM-talk] loc_name vs. reg_name

[Bernhard R. Fischer]

Hi!

Ok, basically I understand the difference between "local" and "regional".

But actually I thought that this/these tags are used for names of
entities which are used by locals (in contrast to the official name of
something).

In this case, having two such tags would imply that there are locals who
call an entity by loc_name. And that there are other locals which are
"not so local" as the previous ones (not living directly there) which
call the same entity "reg_name".

Is that correct?

Regards,

Bernhard



On 2018-09-18 08:37, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> sent from a phone
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>> On 18. Sep 2018, at 07:02, Bernhard R. Fischer <bf at abenteuerland.at> wrote:
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>> Is there any clarification about the difference between loc_name and
>> reg_name?
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> in which sense? Both tags are used for alternative names, local is smaller/narrower in scope than regional, conceptually 
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> Cheers,
> Martin