[Tagging] International and UN names

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am Mi., 16. März 2022 um 10:48 Uhr schrieb Colin Smale <
colin.smale at xs4all.nl>:

> Am Mi., 16. März 2022 um 02:48 Uhr schrieb Brian M. Sperlongano <
> zelonewolf at gmail.com>:
>
>  There is no way to infer from OSM tagging alone that the "name" tag is in
> German language.
>
>
>
> actually there is a "default_language" tag on the Germany relation:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/51477
> I did not dig much further, but the tag is documented and it is used on
> 283 relations
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:default%20language?uselang=en
>
> Won't work in multilingual environments. The name tag is often in multiple
> languages at the same time.
>
> Brian is perfectly right.
>



in multilingual environments, you can check whether there is a name:de tag
that is different than the "name" value, (inside the default_language
area), and find them. Otherwise you can safely assume that the "name"
within Germany is in German. There is a way to infer from OSM tagging alone
that the "name" tag is in German language.

Cheers,
Martin
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