[OSM-talk] naming an item in multiple languages
john whelan
jwhelan0112 at gmail.com
Tue May 31 02:12:05 BST 2011
We have the same sort of thing in Canada. Ottawa is a particular
problem as the streets have both an English name and a French name.
The way I've set up Ottawa is to use name="Albert Street" and
name:fr"rue Albert." The normal rendering systems show the English
name but I have a set of rules set up in Maperitive that displays the
name:fr values if desired.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=45.42033&lon=-75.6927&zoom=16&layers=O
shows the normal English display. To get the French you need to use a
different rendering system such as custom rules with Maperitive.
The link with an off-line map of Ottawa and the Maperitive rules is here.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WkJzx5NffRv0TIQgCFFGTQzyqbQ9XDphSLqcjuM8wGM/edit?hl=en_US
If you have a dig in the wiki that's the recommended method.
Cheerio John
On 30 May 2011 20:30, Robin Paulson <robin.paulson at gmail.com> wrote:
> i live in nz, a country with two (three if you count sign langauge)
> government-approved languages: english and maori.
>
> lots of items are named in both, for example the highest volcano in
> auckland is called Mount Eden/Manugawhau - the latter literally
> translates as "hill of the whau tree"
>
> so, when i name it, i get something like this:
> name:en=Mount Eden
> name:mi=Maungawhau
>
> so, what do i put for name=?
>
> anything at all?
> it is mostly known as mount eden, so is it that?
>
> some things are more commonly known by their maori name than their
> english name, e.g.:
> name:mi=Te Araroa
> name:en=The Long Path
>
> so, it Te Araroa in the name= tag?
>
> and then, some only have a maori name. for example, Pukekohe. do i name it
>
> name:mi=Pukekohe
> or
> name:en=Pukekohe
> or
> name=Pukekohe
>
> or some combination of these?
>
> we also have Auckland, which sits in an area known as "Tamaki",
> although the latter is not clearly enough defined to allow it to be
> rationally mapped as the city of auckland is*. what to do here?
>
> * which makes a nice commentary on the whole highly political nature
> of mapping, and how a map is a not a benign concept.
>
> cheers
>
> --
> robin
>
> http://bumblepuppy.org/blog/?p=237 - government bill to remove basic
> human rights in NZ
>
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