On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:15:38 you wrote: > >Should I simply open a ticket on Mapnik's issue tracker, to request that > > in Korea, labels be rendered as "name:ko (name:en)"? > > I think we should request for a international solution rather than Korea > specifically, but yes, I like the idea.
Well, the international solution might be to make name=* be "name:ko (name:en)", or "name:xx (name:yy)" which is where we started... I am using Korea as an example, but I am thinking about whether my suggestions would boil down to a generic rule that would apply anywhere. > Claudius points out that: > >I guess you are referring to the map rendering at > > www.openstreetmap.orgbecause MapQuest is also using Mapnik to >render > > their open map Yes, indeed. I meant the Mapnik render on osm.org, which has now been renamed to 'Standard'. I will try to use that in the future. > I don't know if MapQuest have submitted their changes upstream to Mapnik, > but regardless of this, the same functionality should be requested on the > osm.org Mapnik instance. > > As for Korea: > >Should we add name:ko=서울특별시? > >Otherwise, how do we know the Korean name for this city? > > It seems to me that adding name:ko is duplicating data. We should be using > the local names for the name: tag, so the Korean can go in there. I would > then have this rendered as "name= (name:en=)" on the osm.org mapnik tiles. > Such a system could presumably be used worldwide (although I'm sure there > are plenty of people that would disagree). Having said that, adding > name:ko= isn't going to hurt and may be of use to other data consumers. Well, if we *don't* include name:ko=* (for objects in Korea) then we have to assume that name=* is Korean. Once we start making assumptions then we become sad. I think it's better to be explicit. In fact, I think that if name:ko=* is present, then it doesn't actually matter what is in name=*. The definition of name=* then becomes subtly altered to mean "The label we use if no language is specified." Then we can argue what goes into that label... Best wishes, Andrew _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
