Key:name:right

name:right
Description
For way objects, names can differ by side of the object. 
Group: Names
Used on these elements
Useful combination
Status: de facto

For way objects, names can differ by side of the object. These are mostly roads or rivers.

For example, a street may be on the boundary between Belgium and the Netherlands, Belgium gives it the name "Amsterdamsestraat" and the Netherlands gives it the name "Brusselsestraat". It can also be community boundaries.

This is solved by using the name:left=* and name:right=* tags to name both sides separately (using the direction of the way to determine left and right). The name=* tag can still include both names in order to support different tools.

Example:

This article is issued from Openstreetmap. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.