[OSM-talk] Naming dispute over Jerusalem - OSM failure

David Groom reviews at pacific-rim.net
Wed Oct 5 12:17:25 BST 2011



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From: "Pieren" <pieren3 at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Naming dispute over Jerusalem - OSM failure


>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Lambert Carsten <lhc.osm at solcon.nl> 
> wrote:
>> As an outsider I really don't understand this. Is there a dispute on
>> what can be considered the local language in Jerusalem?
>
> Yes, it is. And this happens on some other areas in the world. The
> answer just saying "set up your own tile server" is not working
> because the main Mapnik rendering is used as am international
> reference, whatever we like it or not. The other answer saying "please
> find an agreement locally or keep the name empty" is also not
> acceptable impov. This type of answer will not satisfy the two local
> communities, neither the rest of the world.
> Perhaps the solution adopted by the belgians for their disputed areas
> could be used as a model: put both versions in the tag 'name' (as
> Frederik already suggested). Another way would be to check how the UN
> is handling this on their own maps...
>
> Pieren
>
how about adding the tag name:disputed = "Jerusalem / Al-Quds ", and then 
getting the OSM Mapnik layer to render the name:disputed tag in preference 
to either of the local language variants.

David 







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