By “map users” I meant database users and map renderers, sorry On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 7:59 AM Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Map users could guess that the first language should be shown first; for > example, if default:language=fr;nl you can show name:fr= first, then > name:nl= , and fall back on name= if neither language-specific tags exist. > > In Brussels the order of names shown on signs actually alternates; one > sign is: > > <French Name> > <Dutch Name> > > The next street sign shows: > > <Dutch Name> > <French Name> > > But the convention in OSM is to just put the French name first. > > Personally, I think it is usually better to separate the two names on > different lines, when possible, rather than using a character to separate > them. But these detailed rendering decisions can be made by the renderer in > a consistent way. > > Now if someone is mapping individual street signs or highway destination > signs as nodes, those tags should show the text exactly as written on the > sign, but “name=“ isn’t used in that case. > > Joseph > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 6:06 AM Martin Koppenhoefer < > dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> sent from a phone >> >> > On 17. Oct 2018, at 06:28, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > The tag default:language=fr;nl should prompt a map renderer or database >> user to find both name:fr and name:nl. It is up to the map renderer to >> decide how to display the two names, if they wish. >> >> >> this is a pity because it means we would have less information than with >> the current name tag about how the name is locally expected to be >> presented. On what basis should the renderer decide which name to put first >> and how to separate them? >> >> Cheers, >> Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >
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