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#1 2020-09-18 06:28:02
- zatiranyk
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Are folk names welcomed in OSM data ?
Hello,
I know a folk name of a small hill in my hometown. By "folk" I mean it's only known by inhabitants who have lived there for a very long time (10 years +) or those who have grown up near this small hill.
It seems that there is no official name at all. The folk name sounds quite funny: "the hill of Juju", Juju being an anonymous guy, maybe an old inhabitant.
Do you think OSM is a place to put this very blurred detail ?
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#2 2020-09-18 09:32:46
- alesarrett
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Re: Are folk names welcomed in OSM data ?
I think you can use loc_name or, if unsure, alt_name: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name
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#3 2020-09-19 08:48:45
- Kovoschiz
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Re: Are folk names welcomed in OSM data ?
Absolutely encouraged and celebrated. Local information is one of the things that makes OSM great. If there's no other name, let it be.
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#4 2020-09-19 13:20:43
- zatiranyk
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Re: Are folk names welcomed in OSM data ?
Thanks for the advices ! 
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