[OSM-talk] [HOT] Nametagging: Local script versus "international" latin script (for Libya)

[Stephan Knauss]

On 01.03.2011 00:42, john whelan wrote:
> I have a couple of basic VB programs that can take a local .OSM file and
> add a name:fr field to street names, it also does a little look up to
> translate the street name type.  You just take the output and feed it
> into JOSM and upload the changes.

If a script can do it, then there is no need to upload it to the DB. It 
can simply be a preprocessing step for the renderer.

Stephan