[Talk-in] GSoC Idea -- Openstreetmap Indic Localization helper tool

[Srikanth Lakshmanan]

Hi,

I wanted to suggest an idea to build a tool which could help in improving
the ease of localization of map data for openstreetmap. Currently, OSM
localisations are done manually by volunteer editors manually mostly. Some
editors have built custom tools to bulk upload localizations, but there is
no easy tool which could be easily used to localize manually / verify
machine-assisted localizations to improve the speed of localization in OSM
map data.

Nomino[1] is a tool available to perform localization, but the tool is
unmaintained, doesnt offer suggestions. With Wikidata and google translate
API's we can reasonably ensure correctness of automated translation if they
match, when they dont match, it still provides reasonably good suggestions,
which users can just pick. Since we are dealing with names of places,
copyright issues dont arise. A tool, like Nomino, with suggestions from
Wikidata, Google translate integrating with OSM APIs would be of great
utility in increasing the pace of localizations, while ensuring that such
localizations are manually verified by user and not purely machine
translated.

Let me know if this is acceptable GSoC idea, which students can work. I can
offer any help in improving this idea / project. Thanks.

[1] http://nomino.openstreetmap.fr/

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Regards
Srikanth.L
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