On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 19:54, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are much better food options than McDonald’s in Thailand! > I'd be astounded if there weren't! - I don't even eat the stuff here :-) Just picked the name as something that's found world-wide. Actually I believe use the original, English brand name on the signs there. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query= > แมคโดนัลด์%20chang%20mai#map=19/18.78375/99.00043 > > Fortunately, Nominatum will find you things in Thailand even if you search > in English, as long as people have added a name:en or an international name > in Latin script. > Eg name:th=แมคโดนัลด์ and name:en=McDonald’s for the examples above. > OK, now I'm getting even more confused? Macca's is marked as both name:en & name:th & shows on the map as McDonalds But the street just above https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/77991177, hotel near by https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/301472018 & bank up above https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3416994635 are all marked as both name:en=whatever & name:th, but all display in Thai characters? Other shops eg The Scoope https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4873971522, Burger King https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/907621996 & Plaza Hair https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3417022297 just say name= & all appear in English. Would I be right in guessing that they've been entered in English so will appear that way? On Tue, 2 Oct 2018 at 19:07, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not about language, it rather depends on the local script. Here you > can see someone has added name:en for a McDonald's which I otherwise would > not have found: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/355033671 > Similar thing - to me, Macca's appears in squiggles, despite also being listed as name:en=McDonalds, while Giordano's across the road https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4620121040 just has name=Giordano & appears in English? Sorry about the questions :-( Thanks Graeme
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