Stephan Plepelits wrote: > On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 11:41:43AM +0200, Pieren wrote: >> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:25 AM, "Marc Schütz" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> name=Bergstrasse >> >> How do we know if the tag "name" is German ? Well, because it's a geo >> db and we know where the element is. Make the live of contributors >> easy and let software working hard for us. >> > Yes, we know where an element is. But how do we know what is the language > in that part of the planet? Am I supposed to maintain a separate database > with this knowledge? > > Which are the countries with german language? > - Germany (ok, that's easy) > - Austria (people who don't confuse it with Austrlia should know) > - Switzerland (but not in all parts) > - Some villages in Brazil I suppose > - In Trannsylvania it might have been relevant, but the German population > decreased in the last century
- Eastern part of Belgium. But for roadnames, I do not see the point in using a different language than the one on the sign. If I tell someone to go to the Mountainroad in Vienna, then they will probably end up in Wien, Austria, but where the *** is that Mountainroad? It's not to be found on any sign or map. Better ask a local... Mountainroad? Never heard of it. For place names I see a use, as different countries have been naming foreign cities in their own langauge, but for minor features like roads I don't see the use. But even so: I would opt to use the local name in the name tag and use name:xx for names in foreign languages for people to render them as they please. And I thought that that convention was already used. It is at least for the Dutch carnaval map (that's a map where most of the cities names are rendered in the local name as used during carnaval) <http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/?zoom=10&lat=51.45&lon=5.71&layers=0B00000F> That still does not solve completely the problem in dual-language areas like Brussels, but there both local names are in the name tag (as both local names are on street signs). Regards, Maarten _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
