[Talk-ca] Nunavut place names language

[Denis Carriere]

Also all there is a lot of Canadians from BC, Alberta, Ontario & Quebec
that travel for work to those locations by flight and none of them would
understand the Native names of cities, it would bring a lot of confusion to
visitors.

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*Denis Carriere*
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On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 2:12 PM, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:

> As john said, the people of nunavut can speak the language, but do they
> write it or read it? If not English would be the more popular option
>
> On Sep 17, 2016 10:10 AM, "John Marshall" <rps333 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As someone who does a lot of mapping is in Nunavut.  I think it a great
>> idea to add the Native language. That way someone could make a custom map
>> using Native Languages.
>>
>> However,  I think we should get some feedback from local mappers and
>> other people who use the data, not someone from Toronto. If you look at the
>> Government of Nunavut  website http://www.gov.nu.ca/ It's landing page
>> is in English. So it looks to me that the working Language is English.
>>
>> How will this affect Apps like Maps.me and OsmAnd?
>>
>> I feel the common name should be in English and the Native language if
>> available  added as separate tags.
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:43 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You realise that the written language is actually European shorthand
>>> which was used to record the verbal language.
>>>
>>> Cheerio John
>>>
>>> On 16 September 2016 at 17:35, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I personally dont mind having it in Native language, but if there is
>>>> going to be changed there should be a corresponding name:en tag as the rest
>>>> of the world can't read it.
>>>>
>>>> One of the reasons I don't mind is: who would possibly use it? People
>>>> in Nunavut, that's who. It should be as accessible to them as possible. If
>>>> they dont speak English it creates a barrier of using the Canadian map. Not
>>>> only that but the northern maps aren't that great as they are even though
>>>> there have been efforts to improve them *cough* rps333 *cough*.
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 16, 2016 5:22 PM, "Andy Townsend" <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello Canadian mappers!
>>>>>
>>>>> The node and relation for Nunavut are http://www.openstreetmap.org/n
>>>>> ode/305700700 and http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/390840 .  The
>>>>> "name" of both of these is currently set to a composite of the Inuktitut
>>>>> and the Anglo/French name.  Is this OK?
>>>>>
>>>>> Different OSM communities have adopted different standards - most have
>>>>> gone the "most widely used" form in the "name" tag (e.g. in places in Wales
>>>>> will tend to have a "name" that matches name:cy in mostly Welsh-speaking
>>>>> areas and name:en in mostly English-speaking ones).  In some places (e.g.
>>>>> Londonderry/Derry, and around Brussels) a composite of multiple languages
>>>>> is in use; in still others (e.g. India) a "neutral" language is used
>>>>> (there, English).
>>>>>
>>>>> I did suggest on http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/41676348 that
>>>>> the person who changed the name raise it here; that didn't happen, so I'm
>>>>> mentioning it :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy Townsend
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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