[OSM-talk] Interstate naming in the United States

[Mateusz Konieczny]

See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name

alt_name, loc_name (?), reg_name <> (?) seems fitting

In case of multiple alternative names use
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Semi-colon_value_separator

alt_name=Foobar;Qwerty

alt_name_1, alt_name_2 is rather poor idea, see
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Remove_suffixed_name-tags_from_wiki

Mar 5, 2020, 17:29 by jacknstacy at sprynet.com:

> I'm not an expert in the field of naming U.S. interstate highways. I'd like some opinions from others with more experience with this. 
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> A new OSM user has just "named" Interstate 25 (I-25) as the "CanAm Highway". As a native Coloradan, I can say I've never heard anyone refer to I-25 as the CanAm Highway. There is a Wikipedia page on the name. This highway might also be referred to as the PanAmerican Highway, but again, nobody in this region refers to it as such. I suppose almost all U.S. interstate highways could be "named" the Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate Highway. A few years ago a user "named" I-70 and I-25 in Colorado as the "> Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway", which I deleted explaining to the user this was not how Coloradans referred to these interstates.
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> Before I (gently) approach the new user, what is the best way for this name to be tagged? I assume a relation is not the best answer. I would think alt_name, alt_name_1, alt_name_2, etc., is the best method?
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> Thanks, Jack Armstrong 
> chachafish
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