Awesome idea. We need it like now :) Let me know if you need any help in writing.
Thej -- Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com On 13-Feb-2017 4:58 PM, "Arun Ganesh" <[email protected]> wrote: Great idea Srikanth, this is definitely much needed. Maybe you can share the idea on the talk list as well for feedback. On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to suggest an idea to build a tool which could help in improving > the ease of localization of map data for openstreetmap. Currently, OSM > localisations are done manually by volunteer editors manually mostly. Some > editors have built custom tools to bulk upload localizations, but there is > no easy tool which could be easily used to localize manually / verify > machine-assisted localizations to improve the speed of localization in OSM > map data. > > Nomino[1] is a tool available to perform localization, but the tool is > unmaintained, doesnt offer suggestions. With Wikidata and google translate > API's we can reasonably ensure correctness of automated translation if they > match, when they dont match, it still provides reasonably good suggestions, > which users can just pick. Since we are dealing with names of places, > copyright issues dont arise. A tool, like Nomino, with suggestions from > Wikidata, Google translate integrating with OSM APIs would be of great > utility in increasing the pace of localizations, while ensuring that such > localizations are manually verified by user and not purely machine > translated. > > Let me know if this is acceptable GSoC idea, which students can work. I > can offer any help in improving this idea / project. Thanks. > > [1] http://nomino.openstreetmap.fr/ > > -- > Regards > Srikanth.L > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > > _______________________________________________ Talk-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
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