[OSM-talk] [Tagging] nomoj de internaciaj objektoj / nazwy obiektów międzynarodowych / names of international objects

[Mario Frasca]

On 25/02/2020 14:46, stevea wrote:
> Evidently there is more to say about this

my impression at the moment is that we have different expectations from 
"the" map, that's the tiles at 
https://c.tile.openstreetmap.org/11/1100/731.png and similar URLs.

is their purpose "showcasing the OSM database" ?

or is it "offering a one-fits-all" solution to having some minimal base 
for stuff like umap, or any site we develop, using leaflet for example.

if it's just showcasing, it's working fine.

but since it's being used, just to give an example, at 
umap.openstreetmap.co, then no, it does not fit.

if OSM was receiving as much money as those billionaires running for the 
presidency of the USA, I would dare ask:

keep the current site displaying whatever value is stored in `name`, 
then add a URL schema to let the client request a specific language.  if 
objects have English in their `name`, who would care less, if we could 
request the tiles in the language we prefer? start with a couple of 
languages, like Spanish, French, and I do not dare to continue this 
imperialistic list.

would this be beyond reach for the Foundation?

MF