Vector based rendering is just around the corner, I keep hearing. 2017-09-25 12:39 GMT+02:00 James <james2...@gmail.com>:
> That's why you could have text rendered via JavaScript and not in the JPG > itself.... > > On Sep 25, 2017 6:37 AM, "Jo" <winfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 1000 - 7000 extra layers? That's give or take the number of languages in >> existence... depending on who you ask, but even adding 500 extra layers is >> not a practical endeavour. >> >> 2017-09-25 12:15 GMT+02:00 James <james2...@gmail.com>: >> >>> I think Latin as default is disrespectful to areas like Japan which >>> might not be able to read Latin letters as they have kana for non-japanese >>> words. It's a bit biased to ask if Latin should be the default on a Latin >>> based list(letters not language).I'm sure there would be a different >>> opinion if you asked on talk-jp or any other list(non-latin) >>> >>> Ideally it should be a layer per language: English everywhere, Japanese >>> everywhere, Arabic everywhere, etc etc >>> >>> On Sep 25, 2017 6:02 AM, "Oleksiy Muzalyev" <oleksiy.muzal...@bluewin.ch> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 9/24/2017 11:01 PM, Matthijs Melissen wrote: >>>> >>>>> [...]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). [...] >>>>> >>>> >>>> Why not use the Latin language itself for an additional label to >>>> non-Latin alphabet titles? It is readily available in Google translator and >>>> also in Wikipedia. Here are these titles in Latin: >>>> >>>> https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pechinum >>>> >>>> https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungaria >>>> >>>> https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Oleksiy >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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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