[OSM-talk] Changing capitalization (Lima)

[Phil Endecott]

Steve Doerr wrote:
> On 31/05/2012 20:13, Worst Fixer wrote:
>
>> If you notice some big flaw in my case change algoritm, mail me privately.
>
> I'd only comment that a really intelligent de-capitalization algorithm 
> would attempt to supply the accents that are missing from the 
> capitalized forms.

I had to do this for a (non-OSM) Canadian dataset where the English
placenames were in mixed-case but the French (Quebecois) were in ALL
CAPS - presumably done deliberately to avoid the issue of accents.

The best approach is probably to use a dictionary generated from other
placenames.  In the case of OSM we already have a great source of such data.

I could probably do this for you, or at least provide a mapping table
that you could combine with your current conversion script.  But not
until next week.  Let me know if you're interested.


Regards,  Phil.