Proposal:Left name (2)
See Proposed features/right left which is more active and more generic than this early proposal.
| left_name | |
|---|---|
| Proposal status: | Abandoned (inactive) |
| Proposed by: | Patou |
| Tagging: | left_name=* |
| Applies to: | linear |
| Definition: | for street with different name on the two sides |
| Statistics: |
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| Draft started: | |
| Proposed on: | 2008-05-22 |
Proposal
Rationale
There is some situations where the names of the two sides of a street are not the same. This often apply when a street is a boundary between two city. In this case name=name1;name2 is not a good solution as there is no way to know witch name belong to witch city.
Here is an example [1]
This as been discussed on the english mailing list [2].
Applies to
Linear.
Related to
Name.
Rendering
If tag "name" is set use it.
If tag "name" is unset use "left_name/right_name"
Tag
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
left_name=name1 |
Name of the left side of the road. |
right_name=name2 |
Name of the right side of the road. |
Usage
<tag k="left_name" v="Neville Terrace"/> <tag k="right_name" v="Selwood Terrace">
Remarks
This tag has already some use (ex: Germany and UK)
- http://etricceline.de/osm/germany/tags.htm
name_left x23
name_right x54
- http://etricceline.de/osm/united-kingdom/tags.htm
name_left x24
name_right x23
Comments
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Opinion
Not for the moment.
Vote
Not open.