[OSM-talk] Naming disputes in Ukraine

[Elena ``of Valhalla'']

On 2012-07-25 at 13:54:28 +0100, Miloš Komarčević wrote:
> name= without the context of a language is somewhat useless from the
> database point of view, apart from quick and dirty rendering of what
> is on the ground.

it is a single usecase, but it is one that is very useful, and 
in a significant number of cases it is probably enough.

In the cases where there is only a name for a feature, and 
said name is in the official language for the country, 
using just name is simpler and unambigous.

I wouldn't go below the country-level however: having e.g. 
different defaults in Italy except South Tyrol, South Tyrol 
except for a couple of municipalities, and said municipalities 
would just be a mess.

In the areas where there are more than one language, 
instead of just disposing of it I believe it is 
better to use it for whatever name (or names) can be found 
on the signs on the ground, since that is probably what 
somebody who is doing a quick and dirty render/router 
needs, and then sort-of-mandatory name:<lang> tags 
can cover all of the other uses.

-- 
Elena ``of Valhalla''