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https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index

Canonical common brand names, operators, transit and flags for OpenStreetMap.
https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index

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Canonical common brand names, operators, transit and flags for OpenStreetMap.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index
Owner: osmlab
License: bsd-3-clause
Created: 2013-10-23T19:22:26.000Z (about 11 years ago)
Default Branch: main
Last Pushed: 2024-05-16T18:39:13.000Z (6 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-17T02:55:27.206Z (6 months ago)
Topics: brands, canonicalization, flags, franchise, hacktoberfest, javascript, mapping, names, openstreetmap, operators, osm, transit, wikidata
Language: JavaScript
Homepage: https://nsi.guide
Size: 745 MB
Stars: 627
Watchers: 39
Forks: 828
Open Issues: 342
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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# name-suggestion-index ("NSI")

Canonical features for OpenStreetMap, collected manually and via the [NSI Collector](https://github.com/ideditor/nsi-collector) planet scan.

## What is it?

The goal of this project is to maintain a [canonical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonicalization)

list of commonly used features for suggesting consistent spelling and tagging in OpenStreetMap.

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> 👉   [Watch the video](https://2019.stateofthemap.us/program/sat/mapping-brands-with-the-name-suggestion-index.html) from our talk at State of the Map US 2019 to learn more about this project!

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## Browse the index

You can browse the name-suggestion-index and check Wikidata links for accuracy at .



## How it's used

When mappers create features in OpenStreetMap, they are not always consistent about how they

name and tag things. For example, we may prefer `McDonald's` tagged as `amenity=fast_food`

but we see many examples of other spellings (`Mc Donald's`, `McDonalds`, `McDonald’s`) and

taggings (`amenity=restaurant`).

Building a canonical feature index allows two very useful things:

- We can suggest the most "correct" way to tag things as users create them while editing.

- We can scan the OSM data for "incorrect" features and produce lists for review and cleanup.



*The name-suggestion-index is in use in iD when adding a new item*

Currently used in:

- [Rapid](https://github.com/facebook/Rapid)

- [iD](https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD) (see above)

- [Vespucci](http://vespucci.io/tutorials/name_suggestions/)

- [JOSM presets](https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Help/Preferences/TaggingPresetPreference) available

- [Osmose](http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/en/errors?item=3130)

- [osmfeatures](https://github.com/westnordost/osmfeatures)

- [Go Map!!](https://github.com/bryceco/GoMap)

- [StreetComplete](https://streetcomplete.app/) (and [SCEE](https://github.com/Helium314/SCEE))

- [Every Door](https://github.com/Zverik/every_door)

- [All The Places](https://github.com/alltheplaces/alltheplaces)

## About the index

See [the project wiki](https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/wiki) for details.

## Participate!

We're always looking for help!

- Read [the Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) and remember to be kind to one another.

- See [the project wiki](https://github.com/osmlab/name-suggestion-index/wiki) for info about how to contribute to this index.

If you have any questions or want to reach out to a maintainer, ping any of these folks:

 - [archpdx (arch0345)](https://github.com/arch0345)

 - [Bryan Housel](https://github.com/bhousel)

 - [Cj Malone](https://github.com/Cj-Malone)

 - [kjonosm](https://github.com/kjonosm)

 - [快乐的老鼠宝宝 (LaoshuBaby)](https://github.com/LaoshuBaby)

 - [Minh Nguyễn (1ec5)](https://github.com/1ec5)

 - [Tim Smith (tas50)](https://github.com/tas50)

 - [UKChris-osm](https://github.com/UKChris-osm)

We can be found in:

- [OpenStreetMap US Slack](https://slack.openstreetmap.us/) (`#poi` or `#general` channels)

- [OpenStreetMap World Discord](https://discord.gg/openstreetmap)

## License

**name-suggestion-index** is available under the [3-Clause BSD License](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

See the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) file for more details.