Hi all Thanks for having opened the thread. I feel that on the HOT side there will be a need to have name:en and name:ar which can be by default name as possible tags. Ciao
Nicolas On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:42 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a couple of basic VB programs that can take a local .OSM file and > add a name:fr field to street names, it also does a little look up to > translate the street name type. You just take the output and feed it into > JOSM and upload the changes. > > As with all bots and such tools its best to have some one else verify the > output before going mad with it. > > Maperitive can be set to render using one of the alternative name fields > such as name:fr and I have an example if need be. > > Cheerio John > > > On 28 February 2011 15:25, Stephan Knauss <o...@stephans-server.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On 28.02.2011 17:00, Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: >> >>> We might end-up having to keep int_name for the internationally used >>> name, even if it is a somewhat fuzzy definition - and then add a >>> name:romanized or romanized_name tag for the romanized transliteration >>> of the local name. >>> >> >> I can't understand Arabian. I'm no expert. Is there a way to do the >> transliteration automatically in a consistent way? >> Acconding to wikipedia there exist multiple ways to do so: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_transliteration >> >> If it is possible in a consistent way then there is no need to store this >> in the database. A map wanting to display it can easily calculate the >> romanized form. >> >> Stephan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > > -- Nicolas Chavent Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Haiti Mobile (Haiti): +509 389 583 05 Mobile (France): +33 6 89 45 54 58 Landline (FRA): +33 2 97 26 23 08 Email: nicolas.chav...@gmail.com Skype: c_nicolas Twitter: nicolas_chavent
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