[OSM-talk] Multilingual map

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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D Tucny wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've been thinking about how it would be good to have the map available
> in multiple languages... I think the easiest way to do this with what we
> have is using a captionless base layer and transparent caption layers
> for each of the languages... So... I put this thinking into practice and
> put together a proof of concept at http://osm.newportcoastsoftware.com
>
> There is a single base, captionless layer and 40 transparent caption
> layers, all available only to zoom 8.

That's great, but would it be possible for the individual language
layers to fall back to local where a name is not given in a particular
language?

How much storage do the caption layers take compared to the data?

Thanks,

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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