[OSM-talk] loc_name vs. reg_name

[Tobias Wrede]

Am 19.09.2018 um 10:17 schrieb Warin:
> On 19/09/18 15:28, Bernhard R. Fischer wrote:
>> 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?
>>
> Yes.

Those two keys just provide a means of tagging additional names. The 
'name' key should always be used. Additionally, you are free to use 
either 'loc_name' or 'reg_name", or both of them.

/Tobi