On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:43 AM Daniel Koć <daniel@koć.pl> wrote: This includes not only geometry problems (sorry - a node for entire Asia > looks like a joke!), but also lack of convention for tagging biggest > rivers, lack of idea how to tag and render generic names of biggest > areas (3 languages in Belgium as name=* is quite strange, but which and > how many languages should we display for Atlantic?), lack of convention > for mountain ranges, geographical regions and so on... >
I know this is a side-issue, but the answer to this is simple. One. But, when (if) vector mapping permits it, the answer is "many," but only one is ever displayed. At small scales, what is on local signage is important whatever your own language because you use signage to verify that you really are where you think you are. At intermediate and larger scales you want the map to behave more like a gazetteer or atlas: you want the names in your own language, as specified by your browser. Yes, it's more complex than that. Sat at home, planning a trip to what I know (in English) as Munich I want to see France, Germany and Munich on the map. Driving along autobahns I want to know that I ought to look for signs to München and once there I want to see street names in German, not their English translation. The exact point at which to switch would be hard to determine algorithmically, but there is room for a ninth button at the right to switch languages. -- Paul
_______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
