Hi Folks
Is there a well defined right/wrong for names with - in them.
In Basel we have:
4052 St.-Alban-Anlage
4052 St.-Alban-Berg
4052 St.-Alban-Kirchrain
4052 St.-Alban-Rheinweg
4052 St.-Alban-Ring
4052 St.-Alban-Tal
4052 St.-Alban-Talstrasse
4052 St.-Alban-Vorstadt
Looking at OSM it is mostly the same. However St.-Alban-Berg is
currently tagged as St. Albanberg.
4052 St.-Jakobs-Strasse is currently tagged St. Jakobs-Strasse
4054/4055 St.-Galler-Ring is tagged St. Galler-Ring
There are more examples like this.
Also, are there any rules about umlauts at the beginning of names? As
a none-native speaker, i've noticed that often names which should
start with an umlaut are generally written using Ae, Oe, etc. Again, a
few examples from Basel is 4055 Oekolampadstrasse, 4057
Oetlingerstrasse. However, not being a native speaker, i've no idea if
this is right/wrong.
However if you look over the boarder to Germany Umlauts at the
beginning of a name seems more normal.
Andrew
P.S. Anybody actually in Basel and can check Oekolampadstrasse. OSM
currently has Oekolompadstrasse, which might be a typo.