[Talk-vi] Talk-vi Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1

[Jasper Waale]

Have the same problem in the openjump remember ?


Mat Rong Vang, ( Skeye Indochina )
Address: C. 12, Str. 30,Tran Nao
Ward Binh An, District 2, Hochiminh City
Lat:10'79'13.84"N Long: 106'72'8466"E

Info at vnskeye.com
www.vnskeye.com



On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 22:39, Ivan Garcia <capiscuas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jasper,
>
> I think is more a problem of the GIS tools u are using and their support
> for unicode characters. Using OpenJump or GVSIG in my linux i don't have
> rendering problems.
>
> Best Regards.
> Ivan.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Jasper Waale <jasper.o.waale at vnskeye.com>wrote:
>
>> Well I mean
>>
>> Like  *MẮT RỒNG VÀNG in "English" is MAT RONG VANG.*
>>
>> I have big problems with reading the fonts in my GIS tools to be direct is
>> looks like shite. have included some screens
>>  **
>>
>>
>> Mat Rong Vang, ( Skeye Indochina )
>> Address: C. 12, Str. 30,Tran Nao
>> Ward Binh An, District 2, Hochiminh City
>> Lat:10'79'13.84"N Long: 106'72'8466"E
>>
>> Info at vnskeye.com
>> www.vnskeye.com
>>
>>
>>
>>   On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 22:11, Ivan Garcia <capiscuas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jasper,
>>>
>>> do you mean like a "sounds like" tag for an streetname ? or an name:en
>>> tag with the formal english translation of some street or city (like HCM
>>> City instead of Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh)
>>>
>>> OSM allows to tag something with many languages by using different tags:
>>>
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name
>>>
>>> even exists old_name tag for the previous names of an street or city.
>>> (Saigon for example)
>>>
>>> The fonts rendering shoudn't be a problem cause they are in unicode, as
>>> you can see in the OSM site, all the Vn accents are correctly rendered.
>>> Maybe when exporting to some 3rd party format like SHP format or so it may
>>> loose their uniformity.
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Jasper Waale <jasper.o.waale at vnskeye.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> One thing that I like to ask for is "English" street names, sure vn
>>>> names are good but as its possible to have more data
>>>> perhaps add English spelled named that will solve number issues with
>>>> fonts that I have and other must have,
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Jasper
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mat Rong Vang, ( Skeye Indochina )
>>>> Address: C. 12, Str. 30,Tran Nao
>>>> Ward Binh An, District 2, Hochiminh City
>>>> Lat:10'79'13.84"N Long: 106'72'8466"E
>>>>
>>>> Info at vnskeye.com
>>>> www.vnskeye.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 18:40, <talk-vi-request at openstreetmap.org>wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>   1. PDF: Mapping urban poverty in Ho Chi Minh City (Ivan Garcia)
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>>>>> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:36:19 +0200
>>>>> From: Ivan Garcia <capiscuas at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: [Talk-vi] PDF: Mapping urban poverty in Ho Chi Minh City
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>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lucinda Hartley from Australia has been working in a NGO of Vietnam
>>>>> named
>>>>> Habitat for Humanity and they have done a technical report of HCMC poor
>>>>> mapping areas. (Attached .PDF)
>>>>>
>>>>> The aim of this study was to be an introduction, which would then be
>>>>> followed up by a GIS study  of one district. The second phase has been
>>>>> postponed due to funding cuts, but may start up again in 2010.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you enjoy it and share your conclusions in the list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards.
>>>>> Ivan.
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