[HOT] Multilingual names tool for OpenStreetMap

[Nirab Pudasaini]

Hi Nick,

I was thinking to do something to convert all the English name to Nepali. I
do have some experience working with the OSM api and have made couple of
data collection apps for the android platform. Would be happy to contribute.

Regards
Nirab

On Aug 17, 2016 6:42 PM, "Nicholas Doiron" <nickd at codeforamerica.org> wrote:

> OpenStreetMap is fortunate to have a large, multilingual community. We
> store a "name" tag for local names (sometimes two scripts are used, as in
> Morocco) and we use "name:en" and other tags to store names from other
> languages.
>
> In many parts of OpenStreetMap, we have places labeled English-first, or
> local placenames without alternate names (eg China).  I hesitate to call
> this a *problem *for OSM/HOT, but it could be an interest for expanding
> OSM's reach and involving partners.
>
> Today I set up a prototype on http://city-namer.herokuapp.com/ - it uses
> Overpass to pick places with a name but no name:[lang] tag.  States,
> districts, and cities are sorted to appear before neighborhoods and hamlets.
> Currently this doesn't edit anything... it dumps into a database. But if
> you're interested in making this into a crowd-naming project, please
> contact me or glom onto the GitHub https://github.com/
> Georeactor/city-namer
>
> Regards,
> Nick Doiron
>
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