As someone who does a lot of mapping is in Nunavut. I think it a great idea to add the Native language. That way someone could make a custom map using Native Languages.
However, I think we should get some feedback from local mappers and other people who use the data, not someone from Toronto. If you look at the Government of Nunavut website http://www.gov.nu.ca/ It's landing page is in English. So it looks to me that the working Language is English. How will this affect Apps like Maps.me and OsmAnd? I feel the common name should be in English and the Native language if available added as separate tags. John On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:43 PM, john whelan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > >
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