[OSM-talk] loc_name vs. reg_name

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 08:23:17 UTC 2018


On 19/09/18 15:40, Bernhard R. Fischer wrote:
> On 2018-09-18 09:26, Warin wrote:
>> On 18/09/18 16:37, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>>> sent from a phone
>>>
>>>> On 18. Sep 2018, at 07:02, Bernhard R. Fischer <bf at abenteuerland.at>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is there any clarification about the difference between loc_name and
>>>> reg_name?
>>> in which sense? Both tags are used for alternative names, local is
>>> smaller/narrower in scope than regional, conceptually
>> You may want a definition of 'local' and 'regional'.
>>
>> That varies across the globe.
>> When a 'local' cop in Birdsville, Australia has a beat the size of the
>> UK you may understand the difficulty of defining 'local'.
>>
>> Best left fuzzy to adapt for the place, with 'local' being a smaller
>> area than 'regional'.
>>
> Ok of course, but the size of the entity to be named isn't determined by
> the name-tag I choose rather than e.g. by place=hamlet/city/..., isn't it?
>

The size of the OSM feature is determined by its tags and the area.

The definition of the areas of 'local' and 'regional' for name:loc and name:reg is a matter of where that OSM feature is in the world.
Regional is always larger than local, for OSM.




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