Jan writes: > I would hope that it would be possible to use Wikidata labels for map > internalization in a future not so distant, instead of "name:*" tags in OSM. > Although I have no idea how to possibly implement such thing in a way which > won't be time-costly, it is definitely a way to investigate, because it would > not only solve this problem, but enhance the internalization drastically, as > WD has many more labels than OSM contain in names [yet I don't have any > proofy statistics in hand, just my impression..]
You are right once again, on both counts: Using Wikidata to supplement OSM labels may well be possible and desirable in many ways. But it would be a very large project—and is certainly beyond the scope of our current Map Improvements 2018 engagement. _____________________ Joe Matazzoni Product Manager, Collaboration Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco mobile 202.744.7910 [email protected] "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge." > On Apr 25, 2018, at 3:56 PM, Jan Macura <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for such brief replys! > > On 26 April 2018 at 00:40, Joe Matazzoni <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I think you’re right that there is no “solution" on our side, since it’s an > issue in the data. Maybe the new internationalized maps will inspire > Wikimedians to enrich OSM data with more names in more languages. I hope so! > > I would hope that it would be possible to use Wikidata labels for map > internalization in a future not so distant, instead of "name:*" tags in OSM. > Although I have no idea how to possibly implement such thing in a way which > won't be time-costly, it is definitely a way to investigate, because it would > not only solve this problem, but enhance the internalization drastically, as > WD has many more labels than OSM contain in names [yet I don't have any > proofy statistics in hand, just my impression..] > > Regards > Jan > _______________________________________________ > Maps-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l
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