my 2 cents: having a 2 layers map, one with local languages rendered, the second with english ones when present as first choice, then local when not
Il 25 set 2017 7:14 AM, "Yves" <yve...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > If the OSMF tile servers were to be used to provide webmaps for a vast > audience, I would understand double labeling in English. > That not the primary purpose, though. > Yves > > Le 24 septembre 2017 23:01:00 GMT+02:00, Matthijs Melissen < > i...@matthijsmelissen.nl> a écrit : >> >> Hi all, >> >> I would like to ask for your opinion on the choice of language used in >> the Default map on openstreetmap.org. >> >> This map (based on the openstreetmap-carto style) currently displays >> all labels in their native language (as defined in the 'name' tag). >> For example, we have a label 北京市 for Beijing, a label موريتانيا for >> Mauritania, and a label Magyarország for Hungary. >> >> The openstreetmap-carto team quite frequently receives requests to >> (additionally) display labels in English (or in any case the >> Latin-alphabet). The people making these requests state that the map >> is currently not very usable for an international audience, as many >> people are not able to read labels in for example Arabic or Mandarin. >> Some areas where this problem is particularly visible: >> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/803#issuecomment-330782700 >> A prominent case of such a request is from the Gnome Maps team, who >> decided not to use the Default style for this reason: >> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764841#c35 >> >> From an ideologic viewpoint, I am very much in favour of not giving >> preferential treatment to any particular language. Using the local >> language seems fair in this respect. On the other hand, from a >> pragmatic point of view I can also see that using English (in >> addition) would significantly increase the usefulness of the map to >> many people. >> >> I would be interested to know what others think about this. An option, >> for example, would be to display countries names, and perhaps the >> names of big cities, in English as well as in the local language. >> >> Note: making the map available in multiple language versions is >> something we like to do in the future, however, this requires quite >> significant technical changes. Therefore, this is out of scope for >> now. >> >> More information on this issue can be found on Github: >> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/803 >> >> I'm looking forward to your opinions. >> >> Kind regards, >> Matthijs Melissen >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> talk mailing list >> talk@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >> >> > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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