[OSM-talk] Naming disputes in Ukraine

[Vladimir Vyskocil]

WHAT OpenStreetMap is not mainly a database, the project produce a rendered map that should be used and usable for real ??? It's not only meant for contributors to show their edits ? ;-)

On 25 juil. 2012, at 10:50, Malcolm Herring wrote:

> Our principal product is a street map. A street map is used to navigate
> in unfamiliar places. The names on the map must correspond with names on
> a street signs, signposts, etc. so that strangers may verify their position.
> 
> So it is nothing to do with 'official' languages. The map needs to
> correspond with the observed real world. If street signs in Ukraine are
> in Russian, then the tagged name should be in Russian. When the signs
> are changed to Ukrainian, then that is the time to re-tag.
> 
> 
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