At 2012-07-25 00:33, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi, I'd like to hear the opinion of others in OpenStreetMap about the following situation that Data Working Group has been asked to mediate. The official language in Ukraine is Ukrainian. ...So, my questions to you are 1. The concrete question: Should all name tag in the Crimea be in Russian (with appropriate name:uk tags of course), even though the official language in Ukraine is Ukrainian? 2. The general question: What exactly is the "local" language in an area - can we come up with some rule of thumb that says "if X% of people in an area of at least Y sq km use the language..." or so?
I would say the definition of "area" should be as local as is reasonable/possible. For many countries, this is certainly sub-national. In a given area, if the "vast majority" uses a given language, that language should be used/assumed for the "name" value. It would be good if we had some meta-data somewhere to define this, as well as other defaults/assumptions for an area (e.g. oneway=no except for junction=roundabout and highway=*_link, lanes, sidewalks, maxspeed). If there is no "vast majority" (say, less than 80%), I would suggest no "name" tag - only "name:xx" tags.
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