[OSM-dev] Migrating osm.org to vectors/Kartotherian

[Maarten Deen]

On 2015-10-30 11:53, Oleksiy Muzalyev wrote:
> One of the advantages of the the vector-based map would be the 
> multilingualism.
> 
> For instance at the moment the OSM map of the Middle East is basically
> useless for me as I do not know the Arabic alphabet yet. But as far as
> I understand and as I heard at the conference the vector-based map
> would allow the choice of a language of the map itself.

I do not see how that can not be solved with png-based tiles. You only 
have to render the tiles.
The method for detecting which tileset/language to show is the same.

BTW: it is still not as simple as rendering "in a different language". 
Then you start rendering a map in English and see names like "Cologne" 
or "Brussels"  show up on the map.

Regards,
Maarten