Noel David Torres Taño <env...@rolamasao.org> writes: > That all is quite good for places with only one roman-script name. But I'm > thinking in this case: > > name:es=Cataluña (This is the name in Spain's official language, which is > official there since Catalonia is part of Spain) > name:ca=Catalunya (This is the official name, it is in local language) > name:en=Catalonia (This is the name in OSM's official language) > > How to tag name=* for that? How to render? > > An it can become more complicated, as in Basque Country most places have both > spanish and basque names as official: > > name:es=Vitoria (=name:en) > name:eu=Gasteiz > > official name: Vitoria/Gasteiz > > and some places where both names are the same (like Barakaldo) so official > name is obviously not Barakaldo/Barakaldo > > or, just with one local and official name, but different names for people > which use that map a lot, like british and german tourists in Canary Islands: > > name:es=Islas Canarias > name:en=Canary Islands > name:de=Canarische Inseln
There's a problem in places like Hawaii, too. Officially, Hawaiian uses the kahakō and the ʻokina. English does not. However, there are streets with names like "Kalākaua Avenue" and "Liliʻuokalani Avenue". The name:en= tag should not contain kahakō or ʻokina. However, the name:haw= tag should not contain words like "street" or "avenue", because these are English words! The best solution, then (and I mean this for all places, not just Hawaii) seems to be to tag name= with exactly what's written on the signs. If more than one language is used on signs, choose whichever is larger/more prominent/on top. This has added value in that you can give directions that tell the user to "turn left on Liliʻuokalani Avenue" or "take the exit towards München" and they'll be able to look for a sign that says exactly that, without the router needing to know anything about what the local language is. -- Peter Budny \ Georgia Tech \ CS PhD student \ _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
