Maarten Deen wrote:
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:44:48 +0200, Stephan Knauss
So here I have a bilingual map rendering for Greece:
http://greece.osm-tools.org/
Please let me know if you consider this useful. Currently the map
data of *this* map is not updated.
Very! And it would be for all other non-latin scripts too.
It would be a nice addition if tiles were rendered in local script and
latin and shown like that based on preference or viewer location.
I would like to see the bilingual style used in the main rendering. That
uses name:en when available.
As I was asked: The name is created using different views. Code is
available for download:
http://downloads.osm-tools.org/bilingual/
It needs a patch in mapnik. Either get the patch from trac or wait until
it's officially delivered.
http://trac.mapnik.org/ticket/584
You could set up multiple fallback languages and redirect the visitor
based on the language settings reported by the browser. Even things like
use "name:de if available, else use name:en" is possible.
Would it be an option to put captions (up to a certain extent) on a
different layer?
Some people tried this on Toolserver.
It's complicated because different languages take up different space on
the map. So the placement of icons is not trivial.
I have the feeling that currently it's easier to simply render the
language that's of interest.
Stephan
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