[Talk-ko] Proposal to change current naming convention

[Robert Helvie]

Well the policy doesn't say use a single name, but it does say use the name
on signs. So if we use the name on signs ...
(images for reference) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Korea_Streetsigns
we should maybe include the English.

Sure, the implementation of using a "user specified" name tag when viewing
the map should be the "actual" way the problem is solved, but I expect that
won't happen for quite a while yet.

For now, I think it is OK to add the English to the name tag, especially
since the Korean government has decided to add it also. It certainly makes
the map more usable for a wider section of the world

In the future, when map-display works better for every individual, it won't
be so hard to strip the English from the name tag. A bot could likely do it
more easily and quickly than you or I. When that time comes, I'll be happy
to support the process.

Happy mapping.



On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Changwoo Ryu <cwryu at debian.org> wrote:

> Talk-ko at openstreetmap.org




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