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On 03/16/2022 10:22 AM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist@gmail.com> wrote:
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Am Mi., 16. März 2022 um 02:48 Uhr schrieb Brian M. Sperlongano <<a href="mailto:zelonewolf@gmail.com">zelonewolf@gmail.com</a>>:
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There is no way to infer from OSM tagging alone that the "name" tag is in German language.
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actually there is a "default_language" tag on the Germany relation: <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51477">https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51477</a>
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I did not dig much further, but the tag is documented and it is used on 283 relations <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:default%20language?uselang=en">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:default%20language?uselang=en</a>
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Won't work in multilingual environments. The name tag is often in multiple languages at the same time.
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Brian is perfectly right.
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