WHAT OpenStreetMap is not mainly a database, the project produce a rendered map that should be used and usable for real ??? It's not only meant for contributors to show their edits ? ;-)
On 25 juil. 2012, at 10:50, Malcolm Herring wrote: > Our principal product is a street map. A street map is used to navigate > in unfamiliar places. The names on the map must correspond with names on > a street signs, signposts, etc. so that strangers may verify their position. > > So it is nothing to do with 'official' languages. The map needs to > correspond with the observed real world. If street signs in Ukraine are > in Russian, then the tagged name should be in Russian. When the signs > are changed to Ukrainian, then that is the time to re-tag. > > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
