In this paper we discuss three studies in which we performed toponym extraction from OpenStreetMap. The studies operated at three different levels of geographical resolution: city level (Macao), national level (Italy and its regions), and province level (Geneva and its district). We present a single algorithm that we used in each study to extract toponyms from the text database associated to the corresponding OSM map. For each study, we provide a summary of the results, some observations on the language-specific methodological and theoretical a...
