Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Jean-Guilhem Cailton
Le 26/02/2016 12:26, Martin Koppenhoefer a écrit : > > 2016-02-26 12:09 GMT+01:00 Jean-Guilhem Cailton >: > > I might agree with your political preoccupation. However, I don't > think > that this crisis is the right time to change established OSM practice >

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2016-02-26 12:09 GMT+01:00 Jean-Guilhem Cailton : > I might agree with your political preoccupation. However, I don't think > that this crisis is the right time to change established OSM practice > for Fiji. > acting like this will just establish this questionable practise more and more, and nex

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Jean-Guilhem Cailton
Le 26/02/2016 12:12, Mateusz Konieczny a écrit : > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:01:40 +0100 > Jean-Guilhem Cailton wrote: > >> For names used in news or social media reports, you can find their >> location using (...) and Bing >> (or other allowed satellite imagery). > AFAIK only Bing satellite imagery

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:01:40 +0100 Jean-Guilhem Cailton wrote: > For names used in news or social media reports, you can find their > location using (...) and Bing > (or other allowed satellite imagery). AFAIK only Bing satellite imagery is on suitable license. And satellite imagery is totally u

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Jean-Guilhem Cailton
Hi Martin, I might agree with your political preoccupation. However, I don't think that this crisis is the right time to change established OSM practice for Fiji. Best regards, Jean-Guilhem https://twitter.com/jgvisov https://twitter.com/jgc310 -- "On ne m’ôtera pas de l’idée que, pendant l

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2016-02-26 10:38 GMT+01:00 Jean-Guilhem Cailton : > Apparently your point of view about "ungoing colonization" is not shared > by Fidjian officials, news media, nor by OSM mappers of Fiji so far. I'm all but well informed about the current situation in Fiji (I just read the Internet, haven't b

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Jean-Guilhem Cailton
Le 26/02/2016 10:16, Martin Koppenhoefer a écrit : > > 2016-02-26 10:05 GMT+01:00 Jean-Guilhem Cailton >: > > > are these names English or fiji or hindi? > > > > cheers > > Martin > > > > They are "name" found in reports from Fijian officials or med

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2016-02-26 10:05 GMT+01:00 Jean-Guilhem Cailton : > > are these names English or fiji or hindi? > > > > cheers > > Martin > > > > They are "name" found in reports from Fijian officials or medias - that > apparently use English, an official language in Fiji (I haven't seen > Fijian news reports in

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Jean-Guilhem Cailton
Le 26/02/2016 08:49, Martin Koppenhoefer a écrit : > > sent from a phone > > Am 26.02.2016 um 07:08 schrieb Mateusz Konieczny : > >>> Note that names currently in use are often a simplified form of these >>> "old" names, and that it is straightforward to recognize current names >>> in old names. >>

Re: [HOT] [OSM-talk] Names for Fiji

2016-02-26 Thread Jean-Guilhem Cailton
Le 26/02/2016 07:08, Mateusz Konieczny a écrit : > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 02:02:23 +0100 > Jean-Guilhem Cailton wrote: > >> Note that names currently in use are often a simplified form of these >> "old" names, and that it is straightforward to recognize current names >> in old names. >> >> For examp