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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-08-12 10:03, Ruben Maes wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On vrijdag 12 augustus 2016 03:58 André Pirard wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 2016-08-11 23:59, Ruben Maes wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On donderdag 11 augustus 2016 18:26 André Pirard wrote:
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OSM.org displays the names according to the Language preference of the
browser (1).
Precisely, it displays a name in the first language of that preference
that matches one in the map.
Else, it displays the common default name.
E. g. if the preference is fr,ru :
if name:fr exists, display it, else if name:ru exists, display it, else
display name.
(...)
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<pre wrap="">I don't know where you get this, but it is completely false.
For what you say to be possible, there would have to be separate tiles for every language. That's not the case, everyone gets <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://">https://</a>{a,b,c}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{zoomlevel}/{xxxx}/{yyyy}.png.
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What I said is in fact how OSM.org display names in the Nominatim search
left pane.
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I think that even that is not true. I see:
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This is the OSM.org left pane for a search of "Houte-Si-Plou" with
language preference ru+wa.<br>
You can see name:ru in Cyrillic if it exists, else name:wa that I
put in bold if it exists, else name=*.<br>
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<h2>Результаты поиска
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<h4 class="inner12">Результаты, полученные из <a
href="http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap
Nominatim</a></h4>
<div class="search_results_entry"
data-href="/geocoder/search_osm_nominatim?query=Houte-Si-Plou&xhr=1">
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<p class="inner12 search_results_entry clearfix">Посёлок <a
class="set_position" data-lat="50.527942"
data-lon="5.529293" data-min-lat="50.507942"
data-max-lat="50.547942" data-min-lon="5.509293"
data-max-lon="5.549293" data-prefix="Посёлок"
data-name="Hoûte-s'i-ploût, Льеж, Валлония, Бельгия"
data-type="node" data-id="259975902"
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/259975902"><b>Hoûte-s'i-ploût</b>,
Льеж, Валлония, Бельгия</a></p>
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<p class="inner12 search_results_entry clearfix">Дорога
хозяйственного назначения <a class="set_position"
data-lat="50.5227302" data-lon="5.5231441"
data-min-lat="50.5193191" data-max-lat="50.5267321"
data-min-lon="5.5222833" data-max-lon="5.5246929"
data-prefix="Дорога хозяйственного назначения"
data-name="Chemin de Houte-Si-Plout, Esneu, Энё, Льеж,
Валлония, 4130, Бельгия" data-type="way"
data-id="210622693"
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/210622693">Chemin
de Houte-Si-Plout, <b>Esneu</b>, Энё, Льеж, Валлония,
4130, Бельгия</a></p>
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<p class="inner12 search_results_entry clearfix">Watermill <a
class="set_position" data-lat="50.52613945"
data-lon="5.523109958887" data-min-lat="50.5260502"
data-max-lat="50.5262331" data-min-lon="5.5230095"
data-max-lon="5.5232133" data-prefix="Watermill"
data-name="Moulin de Hoûte-s'i-Ploût, Chemin de
Houte-Si-Plout, Esneu, Энё, Льеж, Валлония, 4130,
Бельгия" data-type="way" data-id="317769117"
href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/317769117">Moulin
de Hoûte-s'i-Ploût, Chemin de Houte-Si-Plout, <b>Esneu</b>,
Энё, Льеж, Валлония, 4130, Бельгия</a></p>
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