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Cheers - Phil, On the road with his iPad > On 27 Jan 2018, at 4:08 pm, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 'verifiable on the round' is asking a local.. if it is a local doing > the mapping then they are most of the way there. > > The OSMwiki for local languages ..is > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Multilingual_names > > >> On 27-Jan-18 03:08 PM, David Dean wrote: >> 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 them. >> >> Some of this might stretch the 'verifiable on the ground' rule a little, but >> I think if there is significant local knowledge, it is fair game for the map. >> >> - David >> >>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 at 14:03 David Dean <dd...@ieee.org> wrote: >>> 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, it should be a goal to update all name:aus tags to move them to >>> the appropriate real tags based on the iso639-3 tags. I'm not sure at that >>> stage whether the name:aus tags would be useful to stay or not. Any ideas? >>> >>> I am pushing this myself, as I want to build a rendering of OSM that is >>> focused on the local indigenous knowledge across the country, but I guess >>> this means I'm going to need to do a bit more work to find out the iso639-3 >>> tags for all indigenous languages in Australia, and maybe even some idea of >>> what tags are local to what areas. >>> >>> This is clearly not going to be trivial, but what that's worth doing is? :) >>> >>> - David >>> >>>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 at 08:45 Andrew Harvey <andrew.harv...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 26 January 2018 at 23:33, David Dean <dd...@ieee.org> wrote: >>>>> Absolutely. If the more specific language code is known, it should be >>>>> used. >>>> >>>> Indeed Tasmania uses a lot of name:xtz eg. >>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/123026960 and >>>> https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/vql, Uluru uses name:pjt, hopefully there are >>>> a lot more. I think name:aus should only really be used if you don't know >>>> which more specific ISO code to use. >>>> >>>>> On 27 January 2018 at 07:53, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Should the English language ones be recorded as name:eng=Ayers Rock ? >>>>> I think they may be entered as alt_name, possibly they also should be >>>>> recorded as name:eng too (a duplication). >>>> >>>> name:eng and name:en are the same thing according to >>>> https://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/langcodes_name.php?code_ID=130 >>>> >>>> The English name of Uluru is Uluru not Ayers Rock. I'd be in favour of >>>> moving Ayers Rock to the old name. official_name could still be "Uluru / >>>> Ayers Rock" as that's what's it's officially designated as. >>>> >>>> I'd prefer we didn't use name=Uluru (Ayers Rocks) and instead just used >>>> name=Uluru as it should be left up to data consumers how they want to >>>> display alternate names, with Ayers Rock either as old_name or alt_name. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-au mailing list >>>> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>> -- >>> http://dbdean.com >> -- >> http://dbdean.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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