[OSM-talk] Local language help

2018-05-07 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
Hi, most countries now have a default_language [1] tag, specifying the most likely language of the "name" tag in that region. Here's a list of 60+ countries that have multiple official languages. If you have local knowledge, or can research it, could you add the proper default_language tag to the

[OSM-talk] State of the Map Asia 2018

2018-05-07 Thread Jinal Foflia
*Hello, Everyone! Bengaluru is getting ready to host State of the Map Asia[0] this year. We’re excited to bring the conference to the garden city of India during November 17th –18th at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore[1]. We'll have participants from around the world to discuss challen

Re: [OSM-talk] Using Wikipedia to add names in other languages

2018-05-07 Thread Simon Poole
Am 05.05.2018 um 14:51 schrieb Maurizio Napolitano: >> Unfortunately, Wikipedia is licensed under CC-BY-SA what is incompatible > with ODBL. > > Finally someone who remembers it > > IMHO: > The quick&dirty solution can be to ask the producer the permission to add > the data inserted from wikipedi

Re: [OSM-talk] Using Wikipedia to add names in other languages

2018-05-07 Thread Simon Poole
Am 05.05.2018 um 15:58 schrieb Christoph Hormann: > Arguing about licenses and their compatibility does not really help in > this context since having formally compatible license (or the related > argument that Wikidata is CC0 and therefore by definition the license > is a non-issue) would not