2009/8/23 Peter Körner <osm-li...@mazdermind.de>: >> (1) Default tags can be changed. We should remember that default tags >> can be edited by somebody later and they will no longer be good for >> other languages.
This fact speaks for both sides of the argument. If some feature's name changes (think, a street) you don't want to have to change 180 names in the name:*= tags. In the great majority of cases foreign names are based strictly on the native name. > This will mark all all uses of the default name as not ok (in any language) > >> (2) There is some inconsistency in default tags. Sometimes it's the >> English name, sometimes it's written in the Latin alphabet, local >> alphabet (e.g. Arabic) or both. I think Iran is spelt in Arabic, Comoros >> are spelt in both. Some people say Burma, some say Myanmar for various >> reasons. > Yes, that's true. The default name should be how the name is spelled in > this country (just as it is with city- and street-names). If there are > two major languages in this country, both should be supplied. Additionally Burma is a pretty bad example because it's tagged incorrectly, the name= value should be using the native name and native alphabet, i.e. Burmese script, while right now it uses the english name. It's going to be fixed at one point. Cheers _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
