<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Maarten Deen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdeen@xs4all.nl">mdeen@xs4all.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Stephan Plepelits wrote:<br>
> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 11:41:43AM +0200, Pieren wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">>> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:25 AM, "Marc Schütz" <<a href="mailto:schuetzm@gmx.net">schuetzm@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >> name=Bergstrasse<br>
>><br>
>> How do we know if the tag "name" is German ? Well, because it's a geo<br>
>> db and we know where the element is. Make the live of contributors<br>
>> easy and let software working hard for us.<br>
>><br>
> Yes, we know where an element is. But how do we know what is the language<br>
> in that part of the planet? Am I supposed to maintain a separate database<br>
> with this knowledge?<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> Which are the countries with german language?<br>
> - Germany (ok, that's easy)<br>
> - Austria (people who don't confuse it with Austrlia should know)<br>
> - Switzerland (but not in all parts)<br>
> - Some villages in Brazil I suppose<br>
> - In Trannsylvania it might have been relevant, but the German population<br>
> decreased in the last century<br>
<br>
</div>- Eastern part of Belgium.<br>
<br>
But for roadnames, I do not see the point in using a different language than<br>
the one on the sign. If I tell someone to go to the Mountainroad in Vienna,<br>
then they will probably end up in Wien, Austria, but where the *** is that<br>
Mountainroad? It's not to be found on any sign or map.<br>
Better ask a local... Mountainroad? Never heard of it.</blockquote><div><br>Imagine that you plan a business trip to Tel-Aviv and want to print yourself a map of the city. Or maybe you'll be spending a week in Cairo. Can you not see the benefit in having a map with the street names in a different language than the one on the sign?<br>
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