In Brussels we map as follows: name:fr=Avenue Général Jacques name:nl=Generaal Jacqueslaan name=Avenue Général Jacques - Generaal Jacqueslaan
Which keeps everybody happy. Names on the signs are bilingual. Polyglot 2011/5/31 Richard Weait <rich...@weait.com> > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Robin Paulson <robin.paul...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > i live in nz, a country with two (three if you count sign langauge) > > government-approved languages: english and maori. > > > > lots of items are named in both, for example the highest volcano in > > auckland is called Mount Eden/Manugawhau - the latter literally > > translates as "hill of the whau tree" > > > > so, when i name it, i get something like this: > > name:en=Mount Eden > > name:mi=Maungawhau > > > > so, what do i put for name=? > > > > anything at all? > > it is mostly known as mount eden, so is it that? > > > > some things are more commonly known by their maori name than their > > english name, e.g.: > > name:mi=Te Araroa > > name:en=The Long Path > > > > so, it Te Araroa in the name= tag? > > > > and then, some only have a maori name. for example, Pukekohe. do i name > it > > > > name:mi=Pukekohe > > or > > name:en=Pukekohe > > or > > name=Pukekohe > > > > or some combination of these? > > > > we also have Auckland, which sits in an area known as "Tamaki", > > although the latter is not clearly enough defined to allow it to be > > rationally mapped as the city of auckland is*. what to do here? > > > > * which makes a nice commentary on the whole highly political nature > > of mapping, and how a map is a not a benign concept. > > Some places have a customary arrangement of the alternate names. > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=50.8454&lon=4.3472&zoom=13&layers=M > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=32.606&lon=44.035&zoom=11&layers=M > > Some places have multiple customary arrangements (or perhaps multiple > acceptable arrangements) > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.555&lon=77.269&zoom=9&layers=M > > And others have a history of not agreeing. One fall back guideline > for name= is "what is on the sign". > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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