>4. although the tag name is used by Mapnik and others, please don't fulfill the tag "name" for the renderers
Likewise, my favourite annoyance tagging a place name with the English and the Arabic [1]: - *name*: Tripoli طرابلس Some might argue that this will render nicely for those of us who don't read Arabic, but it's completely wrong. The name:en tag exists for a reason - put the English in there and have the name: as طرابلس The Egypt coverage [2] is vastly superior to the Libyan OSM for this reason alone. Cheers, Joseph [1] for example, http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/27564957 [2] for example, http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/271613766 On 28 July 2011 14:32, Pieren <pier...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. It was decided a long time ago that abbreviations are not used in tag > "name" > 2. the US contributors can decide to do it differently than the rest of the > world for their country but they will have to explain why software > developers should develop special code for them > 3. the tag official_name has been created for official country names, not > for streets or locations with alternative names (for that, we have alt_name) > 4. although the tag name is used by Mapnik and others, please don't fulfill > the tag "name" for the renderers > > Pieren > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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