10. May 2018 12:59 by pla16...@gmail.com <mailto:pla16...@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:29 AM, Colin Smale <> colin.sm...@xs4all.nl > <mailto:colin.sm...@xs4all.nl>> > wrote: > >> >> A "name" is what something is "called" by "others." Which "others" are >> considered, is the real debate here. Is it the council? Is it the residents >> within 100m? Is it a tourist who doesn't speak the local language? Who gets >> priority? This is something that cartographers (AKA humans determining the >> rendering) must decide, depending on who the map is for. >> > I would suggest that the name is what it says on the sign. Because if you > have a hardcopy map, or there's no > GPS signal on your phone, the sign is what you're looking for. If the locals > call it something other than what is > on the sign, that is what loc_name is for (in some circumstances alt_name or > old_name might be more > appropriate). If a mapper puts something else in the name field than what it > says on the sign, I get an urge > to meet that mapper and shake him/her warmly by the neck because that > information is of no use to me. Note that name used and tagged is frequently part of what sign displays. For example: Starbucks vs Starbucks Coffee
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