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Munich should be listed as München
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21/02/2018 21:02:57
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Munich should be listed as München
gklauda
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In cities15000.zip (and the other cities files) the entry for:
2867714 Munich
should be:
2867714 München
as this is the original German name.
Compare:
2867543 Münster
which is listed correctly.
22/02/2018 12:26:46
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Re:Munich should be listed as München
marc
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The main name is normally an international/English name.
For Munich the English name is well known, the local German name is found in the alternatenames table.
Marc
23/02/2018 12:53:37
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Re:Munich should be listed as München
gklauda
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That is really inconsistent, because Cologne is listed as Köln and not as Cologne, and so are all other German cities, like Münster and so on.
Also, most people who search for Cologne and Munich in the database are German. They won't be able to find their city in their native language!
The other databases like the zipcode database also list Munich as München and not as Munich.
München is the third largest city in Germany, Köln the fourth largest. So this is really not a side question.
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