[OSM-talk] Persian/Arabian Gulf Tagging

[Christoph Hormann]

On Thursday 09 December 2021, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> >
> > - This waterbody is not like other seas, and it is a gulf
> > overlooking the neighboring countries and therefore their societies
> > and states are more entitled to others to put the name.
>
> no, these are international waters and we must find a globally
> acceptable solution.

No, in OSM we record locally and independently verifiable geographic 
facts, we distinctly do not record what people world wide predominantly 
believe to be the reality, a.k.a. major consensus narrative, a.k.a. 
wikipedia reality.

If there is a verifiable local name and what that name is, is the 
subject to decide on.  This question requires familiarity with and 
local knowledge of the region.  People from Europe and North America 
who 'know' what the name is only from their TV news and newspapers are 
not qualified to answer that question.

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Christoph Hormann
https://www.imagico.de/