Hi
Sorry for the long delay. I had another exchange of mails. In the discussion so far concerns were raised that this does not come from the official side, and that there are signs at the park entrance that use the Rumantsch name. I have clarified both points, here is the answer (in German):
Vor Ort und auf seinem Logo kommuniziert der Schweizerische Nationalpark mit dem romanischen Namen "Parc Naziunal Svizzer" - dies als Tribut für die Lage in der rätoromanischen Schweiz. Für die gesamtschweizerische Kommunikation verwendet und wünscht der Park jedoch den Begriff "Schweizerischer Nationalpark" - dies aus dem einfachen Grund, dass der Name verständlicher und bekannter ist.
Die Kommunikation von "Schweizerischer Nationalpark" ist ausdrücklicher Wunsch von Hans Lozza, Leiter Kommunikation des Schweizerischen Nationalparks. Ich bin zwar vom Dachverband der Schweizer Pärke, habe aber Arbeitsort beim Schweizerischen Nationalpark und stehe in direktem Kontakt mit Hans Lozza.
Wenn die Namensanpassung von der Community nicht gewünscht ist, können Sie den romanischen Namen natürlich stehen lassen. Konsequenter und konsistenter wäre, "Schweizerischer Nationalpark" zu verwenden.
For me this sounds reasonable. It's the expressed wish officially from the Park administration. The violation of our "on the ground" rule is in my opinion acceptable, because the name is spelled in Rumantsch as a tribute, and it says exactly the same just in another language. There should be no confusion in this specific case for map users, as there is only one National park in Switzerland, it is well known and both names are quite similar.
Michael
On 08/08/17 21:06, michael spreng wrote:
The Swiss National Park would like to have the German name as the main name tag in OSM. I'd like to get some opinions on this.
The Swiss Parks Network (parks.swiss) has provided me with updates of the outlines of the national and regional parks in Switzerland, and I have updated them in OSM. Via this contact I was asked to change the name of the Swiss National Park from Parc Naziunal Svizzer to Schweizerischer Nationalpark. They would like to see that name on the OSM standard map. They say the park is better identified (more widely known) with the German name. I'm not sure about this. Should we accept their wish or should we insist on the naming it in Rumantsch as it is in that language region?
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