[OSM-talk] Languages

[Stephan Plepelits]

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 03:26:49PM +0200, Maarten Deen wrote:
> > I understand that name:xx is mainly for what is on the street signs, but
> > this is only because the relevant names in all the relevant languages are
> > usually on a nearby street sign. When they are not, that rule no longer
> > applies.
> name:xx is IMHO not mainly for street signs. At least if you speak of name:xx
> for use as a literal translation to other languages (the "Bergstraße -
> Mountain road" example) it has little or no use in street signs, except in
> multilingual places where the street signs show multiple languages.
> It has more use in place names.
I think the most interesting would be POIs. Just an example from Vienna:
http://www.openstreetbrowser.org/#way_9826594
name:de=Stephansdom
name:en=St. Stephen's Cathedral
name:fr=Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Vienne
name:hu=Szent István-székesegyház

(The tags are not there (yet), I just got the info from Wikipedia)

greetings,
        Stephan
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