I suggest doing a Google image search for "language map Nigeria" to see how problematic this suggestion will be. OpenStreetMap is not a full function geospatial information tool. Mapping thousands of languages might be tidy in North America, but will make a mess in other parts of the world.
Vao On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 04/18/2018 09:41 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote: > > A relation may span multiple countries (e.g. US and most of Canada for > > English), or split countries (e.g. EN and FR regions in Canada). In some > > cases, the relation will reuse country border ways. > > We had a discussion about time zones here recently, and came to the > conclusion that they should not be mapped as separate polygon relations, > but instead that the time zone information should be tagged on the admin > boundaries of a country or smaller entity; and that time zone polygons > in their own right would only be welcome where they don't follow country > boundaries. > > I have a feeling that the same will hold true for spoken languages. I > would be very much against trying to establish fuzzy separate regions > for language use, since the exact delineation will not be verifiable. > The question "what is the majority/official language in region X" or > "country Y", on the other hand, tends to have a clear answer. > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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