[OSM-talk] Aussie tagging

[Dean Earley]

Etienne wrote:
> On 7/30/06, *Dean Earley* <dean at earlsoft.co.uk 
> <mailto:dean at earlsoft.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>      > p.s. presumably having a set of map features for each country
>     means that we
>      > automatically get the localised colour schemes by using (e.g.)
>     rue=autoroute
>      > in one area and highway=motorway in another
> 
>     As I've stated before, I think this is a VERY bad idea as it means that
>     EVERY renderer/processor needs to know about EVERY language to use the
>     data sensibly and uniformly.
>     This is a LOT of duplicated data.
> 
> 
> Which is exactly why renderers are configurable.
> 
> A tagging scheme that is suitable for the UK is totally inappropriate 
> for other countries.  Unless the whole world is going to be mapped by 
> people from here then we had better start making it easier for people 
> with different native languages, different systems of road 
> classification and different cultures to tag their own areas their own way.

Then IMO, this should be down to the i18n in the UI.
There are only a few core road types. I can't see there being more than 
5 or 6, is it worth, for each country, listing the road types in 
priority order?
At least this will give us an idea of what is needed.

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