Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-31 Thread Michael Krämer
Hello, 2012/1/30 LM_1 : > Some cities/towns (especially those that are important for a long > time) have different names in different languages (here in Europe > almost every major and many minor towns). > If there is such a name, it should be added. Definetly - otherwise we would only have Praha

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread LM_1
Some cities/towns (especially those that are important for a long time) have different names in different languages (here in Europe almost every major and many minor towns). If there is such a name, it should be added. If I browse through map of China, I would like to see Peking (Czech name), I can

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Craig Wallace
On 30/01/2012 17:53, Nathan Edgars II wrote: I ask because someone added a name:vi tag for Orange County, Florida: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/389011 As far as I know, there is no large Vietnamese population here and no other reason why someone would want to know the literal tran

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:24 AM, sabas88 wrote: > Every Main St is a famous road? :) > > I'm reminded of this: http://moonbattery.com/occupy-wall-street-small-town.jpg ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/li

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > I ask because someone added a name:vi tag for Orange County, Florida: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/**browse/relation/389011 > As far as I know, there is no large Vietnamese population

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Martin, what is this? http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/10542244 This is Orange County, Florida, not Orange County, California. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Volker Schmidt
Could it be that some Vietnamese mapper prepares Vietnamese name tags for being able to produce a world or US map labels in Vietnamese. Why don't you ask the mapper who added the tag? Volker (from Italy) On 30 January 2012 18:53, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > I ask because someone added a name:vi t

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread sabas88
2012/1/30 Nathan Edgars II > >> >> It is quite frequent that the names of the more famous places get >> translated into different languages. I don't speak Vietnamese, but >> this looks like nothing particularily strange to me. If you need a >> reason to keep it: I guess the Vietnamese speaking pe

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Mike N
On 1/30/2012 1:14 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: The question is how far we go. Should every Main Street be translated into hundreds of languages? Well, for Orange County FL, one could make the case that it serves tourists, since many visitors come from around the world. But the question of e

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 1/30/2012 1:07 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2012/1/30 Nathan Edgars II: I ask because someone added a name:vi tag for Orange County, Florida: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/389011 As far as I know, there is no large Vietnamese population here and no other reason why someone wo

Re: [Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/1/30 Nathan Edgars II : > I ask because someone added a name:vi tag for Orange County, Florida: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/389011 > As far as I know, there is no large Vietnamese population here and no other > reason why someone would want to know the literal translation of

[Tagging] When should a name:* translation be used?

2012-01-30 Thread Nathan Edgars II
I ask because someone added a name:vi tag for Orange County, Florida: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/389011 As far as I know, there is no large Vietnamese population here and no other reason why someone would want to know the literal translation of Orange County into Vietnamese.