James Ewen wrote: > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Steve Singer <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> TransCanada Highway | Alberta | 16 Highway >> > > >> If they are both defined I think we should take >> >> right_OfficialStreetNameConcat=>name >> routeNameEnglish[1-4]=>nat_name:en >> routeNameFrench[1-4]=>nat_name:fr >> >> where we concat the multiple route names separated by ';'. >> If the OfficialStreetName is - or None then we use the routeName1English, >> except in Quebec where we'd use the routeName1French=>name >> > > I think you've probably got the best idea there, but can we define a > french name, and an english name in the OSM tags? I don't know if > there are attribute tags for alternate languages, but if not there > should be. Canada has two official languages, and there are other > countries that have 3 or more official languages. > > BTW, you're going to find places where there are more than 2 differing > names for a road. Take for instance the Alberta sample you picked out. > > It is a numbered highway in the Alberta grid, #16. It is also part of > the Trans-Canada highway system called the Trans-Canada Highway > Yellowhead Route. It's also known as the Yellowhead Highway (held over > from prior to being part of the Trans-Canada), and within the confines > of the City of Edmonton it is also the Yellowhead Trail. Who knows how > many other names it goes by between Masset and Portage La Prairie. > > There are also a number of highways that have name designations well > as highway numerical designations. > http://www.routemarkers.com/canada/#Alberta > > I'd say concatenate and keep both French and English. > > James > VE6SRV > Different languages are done through namespacing, with the predominant one using just 'name=' and the other with the namespacing for that language. So pretty much everywhere but Quebec will have english as the name=, and in Quebec flipped.
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