[Tagging] Identifying language regions

[Vao Matua]

I suggest doing a Google image search for "language map Nigeria" to see how
problematic this suggestion will be.
OpenStreetMap is not a full function geospatial information tool.
Mapping thousands of languages might be tidy in North America, but will
make a mess in other parts of the world.

Vao

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 04/18/2018 09:41 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote:
> > A relation may span multiple countries (e.g. US and most of Canada for
> > English), or split countries (e.g. EN and FR regions in Canada). In some
> > cases, the relation will reuse country border ways.
>
> We had a discussion about time zones here recently, and came to the
> conclusion that they should not be mapped as separate polygon relations,
> but instead that the time zone information should be tagged on the admin
> boundaries of a country or smaller entity; and that time zone polygons
> in their own right would only be welcome where they don't follow country
> boundaries.
>
> I have a feeling that the same will hold true for spoken languages. I
> would be very much against trying to establish fuzzy separate regions
> for language use, since the exact delineation will not be verifiable.
> The question "what is the majority/official language in region X" or
> "country Y", on the other hand, tends to have a clear answer.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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