[Talk-ca] Canadian Arctic Island Naming Languages

2015-07-06 Thread James Parker Badger
Hello, I am working at the University of Calgary on a project that is using OpenStreetMap data to provide a mapping service for Arctic researchers. We chose to use OpenStreetMap as we would like to encourage communities to contribute and share their local mapping data. One of the partners on

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian Arctic Island Naming Languages

2015-07-06 Thread James
It can just be that the person mapping didnt follow the standards for Canada for example: [image: Inline image 1] The name tag should be the native name. (Could be French, English or Indigenous languages) name:en the english translation name:fr the french translation On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 12:46

Re: [Talk-ca] Canadian Arctic Island Naming Languages

2015-07-06 Thread john whelan
Within the map there is provision for different language names. Different people have different ideas about which name should be in the name field. In general the English version will be found following the convention of the Arctic Institute. However it is possible to tag name:en name:fr etc.

[Talk-ca] Low quality unresolvable notes

2015-07-06 Thread Paul Norman
I've been catching up on local notes, and have come across a few I'm not sure how to resolve. There are a number which are equivalent to There is a some name of shop somewhere in this block. While probably correct, they're not very useful. The notes aren't bug reports, the original intent of

Re: [Talk-ca] Low quality unresolvable notes

2015-07-06 Thread James
I'd say close them with a comment. Some of them are actually precise, saying like : no rtor eb. Which is more than enough data. General things like: add POIs at this location. Could be closed as the entirety of osm could be summed in a widespread note saying: Add mapping data. You can use your

Re: [Talk-ca] Low quality unresolvable notes

2015-07-06 Thread Clifford Snow
On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: I've been catching up on local notes, and have come across a few I'm not sure how to resolve. There are a number which are equivalent to There is a some name of shop somewhere in this block. While probably correct, they're

Re: [Talk-ca] Low quality unresolvable notes

2015-07-06 Thread Andrew MacKinnon
On Jul 6, 2015 9:30 PM, James james2...@gmail.com wrote: I'd say close them with a comment. Some of them are actually precise, saying like : no rtor eb. Which is more than enough data. General things like: add POIs at this location. Could be closed as the entirety of osm could be summed in a