[OSM-talk] Explicit tagging of name language

[Ed Avis]

Kurt Roeckx <kurt <at> roeckx.be> writes:

>>Where a choice of languages
>>exists for a name, then there should be one that corresponds to the main
>>'name' tag.

>This will atleast give bogus warnings with places like Brussels that
>are bilingual, where name actually contains the name in both languages
>(Dutch and French), and also has the language specific name for both
>languages.

Hmm, I didn't realize we did that.  I thought that would count as 'tagging for
the renderer' - after all wouldn't Mapnik be capable of finding both names and
printing both on the map?

Does the 'on the ground rule' not give guidance here?

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>