On 2016-09-29 08:58, joost schouppe wrote:
> Well, I was the only one thinking that about your previous mail :)
> But André is probably right: it is a strange idea to define just one
> language for a nation. I wouldn't be surprised if half the people on
> this planet live in countries with more
Nominatim adds data that's not coming from OSMl. The language list I
mentioned or Tiger address data to name a few.
Maybe the problem is not that big (and that's why it's not in the
issue tracker). It will not appear if you only have 1 language
preference in your browser.
Or when the place is
>
> As for your and André's suggestions, feel free to grab a copy of Nominatim
> and alter it, so it recognises default languages on other admin levels.
>
I was actually thinking about how to map this situation, not so much a tool
improvement. You can hardly ask the programmers to build something
Well, I was the only one thinking that about your previous mail :)
But André is probably right: it is a strange idea to define just one
language for a nation. I wouldn't be surprised if half the people on this
planet live in countries with more than one official language. Official
languages tend
Hi,
That is exactly what I explained several times before (Nominatim's
behavior, not that feature).
I put it that what that feature does is: if name:ll=* is missing produce
an implicit one with the same value as name=*.
This means (assuming that name=* always exists), that a browser
configured
Here's another fact about Nominatim that I learned after a private
conversation with Sarah.
Nominatim has the possibility to install a default language for a
country. This is not done for Belgium, but can be done for The
Netherlands. Right now, the list is not complete and The Netherlands
is
