[OSM-talk] Explicit tagging of name language

[Ed Avis]

Patrick Kilian <osm <at> petschge.de> writes:

>http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bruxelles-Brussel.jpg
>
>See two names on the ground.

To me that would suggest putting the French name into 'name' (since it is on top)
and also tagging 'name:fr' and 'name:nl'.

However I can see the argument that exactly what appears on the sign should be
used.  Even so, I would prefer the two names to be tagged separately and combined
by Mapnik at render time, rather than adding a - character to the 'name' tag.
Perhaps some tagging scheme to indicate 'show two names for this place' would be
a good idea.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>