Straying from the point slightly, but what would be really, really nice would
be a worked example of a way of obtaining wikidata information‎ as part of map
data processing (e.g. to fit in with osm2pgsql's lua style file processing or
osmandmapcreator, or whatever else you're using to both impor
On 26 October 2016 at 23:23, David Bannon wrote:
> As has been suggested, a database of names in every conceivable language
> would be a ideal, then a renderer can deliver a map readable in an
> appropriate language. That does sound like wikidata
Indeed.
As a matter of interest, how many c
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> Il giorno 27 ott 2016, alle ore 01:26, Dave Swarthout
> ha scritto:
>
> I agree with Kevin when he says "In any case, I think we both agree that
> hunting regulations are complex and varied enough that the specific details
> almost certainly don't belong in OSM, particul
On 26/10/2016 19:50, Simon Poole wrote:
@andy
btw the whole is about making easier to express local preference, not
harder.
... which is great, and was exactly what I was worried about. However it
wasn't the impression that I got from e.g. the comment "the french name
has to go" upthread -
David Bannon wrote:
> As a native English speaker, I often turn to OSM to help me understand
> some of the global issues around at present. But even now, many of the
> place names are rendered in local language, quite unreadable to me.
This is true for any westerner. Have a look at the talk I
