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.