Multiple delimited names in the name tag

[Minh_Nguyen (Minh Nguyễn)]

The good news: OSM Americana now supports the semicolon delimiter in name, name:*, and also ref (for things like terminal gate numbers and highway exit numbers).

Name lists in OSM Americana; or: how I learned to love semicolons

OpenStreetMap Americana has joined other prominent OSM data consumers in supporting the semicolon delimiter in names. I tell you, a cat must have three different names Normally, keys like name are only for the feature’s primary name in the local language, while other names are relegated to different keys such as alt_name, official_name, and short_name. But sometimes a feature has multiple names of equal standing due to an inconsistency, border, or dispute in the real world. Likewise, names in …

The bad news: OSM Americana can’t support slashes, dashes, and spaces as delimiters. But just imagine if the places that use these delimiters were to migrate to semicolons.