[OSM-talk] Crossroad names

[malenki]

Am Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:35:06 +0100
schrieb Hans Schmidt <z0idberg at gmx.de>:

> Still, there is one problem though: I rather get the feeling that if
> this is not supported on the main map, there will be some forks, where
> the country specific issues are resolved on a separate page. And I
> think this is a problem which is really not desirable.

Why not? E.g. openstreetmap.de has it's own rendering style.

> Of course, “OSM is only a database, not a map”, but osm.org is de
> facto the place to go if you want to see the OSM map. If you then
> have to use tens of different maps for every country, this is not
> good. 

Then why these sites exist (random picks):
openstreetmap.de (own style)
openstreetmap.nl
openstreetmap.jp
openstreetmap.sk
(redirect to awesome freemap.sk)
openstreetmap.cz
openstreetmap.ru
openstreetmap.by (own style)