You can use Ethnologue to check out the languages in Australia and what
the language code to use.
https://www.ethnologue.com/country/AU/languages
They also have maps:
https://www.ethnologue.com/sites/default/files/styles/original/public/maps/20/AU___rgb.png
Search for Portable OSM. It’s an offline version of OSM that can be synced up
later. Developed by American Red Cross for humanitarian and disaster relief work
Cheers - Phil,
On the road with his iPad
> On 27 Jan 2018, at 4:08 pm, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There can be
Indigenous Place Names (Warin)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 09:44:39 +1100
From: Andrew Harvey <andrew.harv...@gmail.com>
To: OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au@openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Mapping Indigenous Place Names
Message-ID:
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There can be problems with internet connectivity for remote communities
.. so getting participation can be difficult.
A local dump of data that can then be used on a server by others can be
very beneficial - reduces the remote network load and speeds the locals
response times.
Part of
Oh,
And one more thing: At its best OpenStreetMap is about local mappers
mapping what is of interest to them, so we should be attempting to engage
with out local indigenous community and asking them what their local
language is and what features in OSM (or that we can add to OSM) are
important to
Hey everyone,
Thanks for the great responses. I'm glad I kicked off this thread.
I don't think there is a problem with indicating a name:aus tag if the
local aboriginal name for an area/feature is known, but you haven't done
further research to find the actual language code applicable.
However,
*To:* Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>
*Cc:* OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au@openstreetmap.org>
*Subject:* Re: [talk-au] Mapping Indigenous Place Names
Andy,
Absolutely. If the more specific language code is known, it should be
used.
Do you know where a list of these la
c: OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au@openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [talk-au] Mapping Indigenous Place Names
Andy,
Absolutely. If the more specific language code is known, it should be used.
Do you know where a list of these language codes for Australian Indigenous
languages might be fo
Andy,
Absolutely. If the more specific language code is known, it should be used.
Do you know where a list of these language codes for Australian Indigenous
languages might be found? It took me long enough to find the aus code on
https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php, and
On 26 January 2018 at 12:09, David Dean wrote:
> I've done a little research, and added the following
> Please use the name:aus (aus is the general ISO639-2 code for Australian
> Aboriginal Languages) to indicate the indigenous names of places.
While I strongly support the
Hi everyone,
I've done a little research, and added the following section to the
Australian Tagging Guidelines at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Places,
and the Multilingual names page at
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names:
Please use the
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