[OSM-dev] phonetic gazateer, would be cool feature for nominatim

Lulu-Ann Lulu-Ann at gmx.de
Tue Jan 26 20:38:01 GMT 2010


If you set up a phonetic search, make sure to take care of

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Phonetics

There are streets called "John-F.-Kennedy-Chaussee" (English and French
pronounciation in sorbian speaking areas of Germany...!

I invented this to enable screen readers for the blind to find the right
pronounciation, but obviously a phonetic search is a nice feature that
fits aswell for this tag.

Regards
Lulu-Ann





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