[Talk-ko] Proposal to change current naming convention

[Andrew Errington]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:21:49 Brian McLaughlin wrote:
> This list has been quiet way too long. I hope everyone had a Merry
> Christmas and Happy New Year.
>
>
> I would like to propose a change to the current naming convention for
> Korean places. I am working on a project www.openbaekdudaegan.org , and I
> find the current naming convention of using parentheses cumbersome. When I
> create printed maps, and base maps for my GPS and hand phone the extra
> characters make the text difficult to read. I also think that it causes
> unnecessary clutter on the OSM slippy map. If you look at my Baekdudaegan
> overview map (www.openbaekdudaegan.org/maps.html) and compare the OSM base
> layer to Google you can see the difference.
>
> Since the Korean and Roman alphabet are completely different I don’t
> foresee how this could cause a problem with the database. I have included
> an example of my proposal below. My proposal would have the added benefit
> of making the Korean language more understandable to users who are not
> familiar with it by hyphenating the place name suffix to emphasis the
> importance of place names. For example, Sunho-ri  instead of Sunhori.
>
> I don’t propose we edit every feature and change the names, but try to
> encourage users to adopt the new convention for future work. Or as a
> compromise allow both conventions to coexist Assuming my proposal is found
> acceptable the Korea OSM community, I plan on using this naming convention
> for areas surrounding the Baekdudaegan trail.  My proposed change is
> outlined below. Please let me know what you think.
>
>
>
> *Key:*
>
> *Value*
>
> **Note*
>
> name
>
> 선호리Sunho-ri
>
> Hyphenate place name suffix to emphasize meaning
>
> name:ko
>
> 선호리
>
>
>
> name:en
>
> Sunho Village
>
> Translate suffix to English meaning when possible
>
> name:ko_rm
>
> Sunhori
>
> In some cases the spelling will change slightly as a result of the suffix

Hello Brian,

This sounds good, and is definitely worth talking about.

Have you seen the Multilingual map that was being developed for Wikipedia?
http://blog.jochentopf.com/2012-12-19-status-of-the-multilingual-maps-project.html

Demo here: http://mlm.jochentopf.com/

If you want to change something it would make sense to do something that works 
well with that project.

Andrew