[Tagging] Tagging of Country Names

[Dave F]

On 26/10/2016 23:23, David Bannon wrote:
> Sven, your approach makes sense assuming people only look at maps of 
> their own country. 

Not true. It makes sense wherever you are. Official:name allows a 
rendering of official names of that country & individual 'names:*=' 
allows rendering for specific languages.

> Yes, I agree its respectful to people living in a non english speaking 
> country but really does not address a much larger problem.
>
> As a native English speaker, I often turn to OSM to help me understand 
> some of the global issues around at present. But even now, many of the 
> place names are rendered in local language, quite unreadable to me. 

I'm unsure why you believe one sample rendering which doesn't suit your 
requirements negates what Sven is proposing.

DaveF