Correct, because that’s what official_name means. The US government, one of two countries encircling it, officially calls it “Lake America”. That’s why it’s official_name:en-US specifically, not official_name=. The name= key, the “primary name of the feature in the real world”, remains and will remain “Lake Ontario”.
It’s not the name that is likely to show when viewing the map
I’ll correct you and say that there’s no “likely” about it: it’s not the name that will be shown when viewing the map. That’s the name= key, which is “Lake Ontario”.
It has been added to OpenStreetMap. It says official_name:en-US = Lake America
It’s not the name that is likely to show when viewing the map, but it’s in the data.
Correct, because that’s what
official_namemeans. The US government, one of two countries encircling it, officially calls it “Lake America”. That’s why it’sofficial_name:en-USspecifically, notofficial_name=. Thename=key, the “primary name of the feature in the real world”, remains and will remain “Lake Ontario”.I’ll correct you and say that there’s no “likely” about it: it’s not the name that will be shown when viewing the map. That’s the
name=key, which is “Lake Ontario”.It depends on which map you are looking at. Anyone could take the OSM data and create a map that prefers to show official_name:en-US, when available.