On 2012-07-25 at 13:54:28 +0100, Miloš Komarčević wrote: > name= without the context of a language is somewhat useless from the > database point of view, apart from quick and dirty rendering of what > is on the ground.
it is a single usecase, but it is one that is very useful, and in a significant number of cases it is probably enough. In the cases where there is only a name for a feature, and said name is in the official language for the country, using just name is simpler and unambigous. I wouldn't go below the country-level however: having e.g. different defaults in Italy except South Tyrol, South Tyrol except for a couple of municipalities, and said municipalities would just be a mess. In the areas where there are more than one language, instead of just disposing of it I believe it is better to use it for whatever name (or names) can be found on the signs on the ground, since that is probably what somebody who is doing a quick and dirty render/router needs, and then sort-of-mandatory name:<lang> tags can cover all of the other uses. -- Elena ``of Valhalla'' _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
