Hi Frederick,
I agree that this will be up to the locals to decide but here is my two cents
worth.
The wiki seems pretty specific in regard to the ‘on the ground’ situation. It
would seem to me (a very infrequent traveller) that they should use the local
language for name: (if that is
Is there any reason why name:en could not be used?
I'm not seeking to influence here but looking for enlightenment. In
Canada locally we are able to display the map in either English or
French certainly in OSMand. OSMand defaults to the name value if
name:fr is not available.
Thanks John
Dear HOT list,
the DWG has been involved in a discussion being had by the community in
a country where the official language uses non-latin characters.
I would like to keep this abstract hence I will not say which country it
is even though some of you will know; I don't think it matters. It is