[OSM-talk-be] OSM in French and Dutch [or any monolingual]

[André Pirard]

On 2016-08-12 10:03, Ruben Maes wrote:
> On vrijdag 12 augustus 2016 03:58 André Pirard wrote:
>> On 2016-08-11 23:59, Ruben Maes wrote:
>>> On donderdag 11 augustus 2016 18:26 André Pirard wrote:
>>>> (...)
>>>> OSM.org displays the names according to the Language preference of the
>>>> browser (1).
>>>> Precisely, it displays a name in the first language of that preference
>>>> that matches one in the map.
>>>> Else, it displays the common default name.
>>>> E. g. if the preference is fr,ru :
>>>> if name:fr exists, display it, else if name:ru exists, display it, else
>>>> display name.
>>>> (...)
>>> I don't know where you get this, but it is completely false.
>>> For what you say to be possible, there would have to be separate tiles for every language. That's not the case, everyone gets https://{a,b,c}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{zoomlevel}/{xxxx}/{yyyy}.png.
>> What I said is in fact how OSM.org display names in the Nominatim search
>> left pane.
> I think that even that is not true. I see:
This is the OSM.org left pane for a search of "Houte-Si-Plou" with
language preference ru+wa.
You can see name:ru in Cyrillic if it exists, else name:wa that I put in
bold if it exists, else name=*.
>
>
>     Результаты поиска
>
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>         Результаты, полученные из OpenStreetMap Nominatim
>         <http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/>
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>  *
>
>     Посёлок *Hoûte-s'i-ploût*, Льеж, Валлония, Бельгия
>     <http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/259975902>
>
>  *
>
>     Дорога хозяйственного назначения Chemin de Houte-Si-Plout,
>     *Esneu*, Энё, Льеж, Валлония, 4130, Бельгия
>     <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/210622693>
>
>  *
>
>     Watermill Moulin de Hoûte-s'i-Ploût, Chemin de Houte-Si-Plout,
>     *Esneu*, Энё, Льеж, Валлония, 4130, Бельгия
>     <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/317769117>
>

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