Hi, On 09/26/2018 05:53 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote: > Names in a non-discernible language have so far not been discussed. I > would need to see some examples for this to form an opinion on the > matter.
I am thinking of retail outlets like "Tesco" "Real" "Saturn" "Tk-Max" >> Yes. The unified system goes as follows: >> >> "If the default language of the smallest admin boundary enclosing >> your feature is xx, treat any name tag you encounter as if it was a >> name:xx tag." > > That would change the meaning of the name tag which is currently "the > locally used name or names in some combination" into something > different. I disagree. My assumption is currently that a name tag in Germany will be the German name, and I think for all countries or regions with one prevalent language this will be everyone's assumption (that if the region has a default language, the name will be the name in the default language). But I am willing to extend my definition: "If the default language of the smallest admin boundary enclosing your feature is xx, treat any name tag you encounter as if it was a name:xx tag, unless an explicit name:xx tag exists." That should pretty much catch everything and give everyone the flexibility to map all special cases, while not requiring to re-tag every single named object all over the planet. (You will only have to re-tag those objects where the name is in a language different from the prevalent language in the region, and where you perceive this to be an issue - as you said yourself, the damage done by assuming that the "O sole mio" assigned to a pizzeria in Germany is a German rather than an Italian name, is negligible.) > I see your point but as said this would defeat the whole purpose of the > idea If that is the case, and no workaround can be found because every workaround would defeat the purpose of the idea, then I would likely oppose the idea. I think that generally a more precise recording of languages is desirable but if this leads to having to duplicate existing name tags into name:xx for every single named place on earth just in order to "not defeat the purpose", then I'd like to pass on this idea and wait until a less intrusive one comes along. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
