[OSM-talk] Naming disputes in Ukraine

[Joakim Fors]

On 25 jul 2012, at 21:59, Florian Lohoff <f at zz.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 09:33:43AM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>   I'd like to hear the opinion of others in OpenStreetMap about the
>> following situation that Data Working Group has been asked to
>> mediate.
>> 
>> The official language in Ukraine is Ukrainian. To the untrained eye
>> there's not much of a difference to Russian but of course the devil
>> is in the detail, here's a street name example:
>> 
>> name:ru = Фурманова улица
>> name:uk = Фурманова вулиця
> 
> How has this been solved in Finland? They have a Swedish minority
> which is a majority in some places in which case (i heard) the Swedish
> signs are at the top, otherwise Finnish ist at the top.
> 

If the area is "swedish" (i.e. swedish name only or on top) then

name=sv-name
name:sv=sv-name
name:fi=fi-name

In finnish areas it is reversed

name=fi-name
name:sv=sv-name
name:fi=fi-name


> Its a little bit different as both languages are official languages as
> i remember.
> 
> I stick with a very simple rule - Whats on the road sign - that should
> be in the database. If there is both - the one at the top should be
> in name and the other in the appropriate secondary language tag.
> 
> You want to be able to identify the road sign by your map.
> 
> Flo
> -- 
> Florian Lohoff                                                 f at zz.de
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