[OSM-talk] Persian/Arabian Gulf Tagging

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Thu Dec 9 17:05:13 UTC 2021



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> On 9 Dec 2021, at 15:18, Mosab Al-Bakry <mosab.albakry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> At this point, to me, this feels like a misunderstanding of OSM rules. Do we always invoke the historical/international naming over the local naming of an area? If so, have OSM deprecated its "on the ground rule" or do I just misunderstanding its meaning? I would prefer a neutral third-party clarification on this rule


these are international waters, nobody is “local” there.

Cheers Martin 


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