Andrew Errington writes:
In fact, I think that if name:ko=* is present, then it doesn't actually matter
what is in name=*. The definition of name=* then becomes subtly altered to
mean "The label we use if no language is specified." Then we can argue what
goes into that label...
IMHO the definition of the name tag is fine. It says it's the name the
*local* people call it. If the local people want some mixed spelling in
that tag then, -well- it's their problem when doing other things with the
data besides rendering a map.
So the standard rendering should be a help for the *local* mappers and thus
display their local name.
If for tourists or other special cases a different rendering is required
then it should be on a specialized map.
For Thailand we do it like this. The local people can read the names on the
map as a lot of expats who map here can do.
For those who want to have latin script names we have a special rendering.
As Mapquest does already provide a fallback to English, why not adapt the
label on the main site to read "MapQuest open (bilingual)" to make it
easier to find?
Stephan
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