Tom Pfeifer <t.pfei...@computer.org> writes: > On 18.12.2019 16:26, Andy Townsend wrote: >> On 18/12/2019 15:22, Tod Fitch wrote: >>> In the U.S. it would be called wifi or wi-fi rather than >>> wlan. Anyone know what the British English is? >> In the UK it's also "wifi" or "wi-fi", but wlan is understood and >> has considerable establishment in OSM: > > Wi-Fi vs WLAN is not AmE vs BrE, > WLAN is the technical term, standing for Wireless Local Area Network. > It is standardised in the IEEE 802.11 series, using "Wireless LAN" in the > title. > Wi-Fi is a brand name, introduced by the Wi-Fi Alliance. > > OSM should therefore continue to focus on the standardised, generic term WLAN.
I'm glad I read the end of the thread before responding. Tom has it 100% right. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
