You realise that the written language is actually European shorthand which was used to record the verbal language.
Cheerio John On 16 September 2016 at 17:35, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I personally dont mind having it in Native language, but if there is going > to be changed there should be a corresponding name:en tag as the rest of > the world can't read it. > > One of the reasons I don't mind is: who would possibly use it? People in > Nunavut, that's who. It should be as accessible to them as possible. If > they dont speak English it creates a barrier of using the Canadian map. Not > only that but the northern maps aren't that great as they are even though > there have been efforts to improve them *cough* rps333 *cough*. > > On Sep 16, 2016 5:22 PM, "Andy Townsend" <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Canadian mappers! >> >> The node and relation for Nunavut are http://www.openstreetmap.org/n >> ode/305700700 and http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/390840 . The >> "name" of both of these is currently set to a composite of the Inuktitut >> and the Anglo/French name. Is this OK? >> >> Different OSM communities have adopted different standards - most have >> gone the "most widely used" form in the "name" tag (e.g. in places in Wales >> will tend to have a "name" that matches name:cy in mostly Welsh-speaking >> areas and name:en in mostly English-speaking ones). In some places (e.g. >> Londonderry/Derry, and around Brussels) a composite of multiple languages >> is in use; in still others (e.g. India) a "neutral" language is used >> (there, English). >> >> I did suggest on http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/41676348 that >> the person who changed the name raise it here; that didn't happen, so I'm >> mentioning it :) >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Andy Townsend >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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