Hi On 15.01.2016 18:03, moltonel 3x Combo wrote: > Changing the topic a little bit, I'd like to comment on alt_name vs > name_1 va alt_name_1. To me name_1 and alt_name are exact synonyms, I > don't see a semantic difference (as opposed to loc_name for example). > Therefore, if you've only got two names to tag you can use either. But > once you've got at least three you'll need to use either alt_name_N or > name_N. I find the concept of alt_name_N silly and would rather use > name_N, but I've seen some people disagree, For what it's worth, > alt_name_N is much less frequent in the db than name_N, but Nominatim > supports only alt_name_N. Any opinions on that issue (other than > "remove all *_N" :p) ? as I mentioned in my proposal about removing the alt_name_1 and name_1 from wiki: the alt_name_1 in nominatim was rolled out by a single data importer who asked a Nominatim developer directly to implement it. So there wasn't any process within the community structures.
for me the use of alt_name_1 is more logical than the name_1, because alt_name is the meaning of name_1! So, if you have a second name and you dont know where to put it (loc_name, old_name...) you can use alt_name. And if you have a third name you SHOULD use alt_name:name2;name3 but in a bad manor you can use alt_name_1=name2, alt_name_2=name3. But name_1 doesn't make any sense.
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