> Others,
> We can probably automate the translation (transliteration). I have done
> this for film/song/artist names, it was quite accurate.
> Is there a way to update the OSM using an API with translated values?
> Never tried and hence asking.
>
>
Technically its possible, however we don't need the tranlations in OSM
itself to generate localized maps. If we have a dictionary of english names
and local equivalent, we can even do a database join before passing the
data to the rendering engine.

This is something we should discuss on the OSM India list:
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in


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>>
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> On 7 March 2015 at 14:20, Arun Ganesh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If anyone interested in creating localized maps for Wikipedia, please
>>>> come over for the openstreetmap community meetup this Sunday in
>>>> Indiranagar. We will do some locality mapping and experiment with rendering
>>>> Kannada maps. No prior experience required.
>>>>
>>>> Details:
>>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India/Events/Bangalore_Mapping_Party_1
>>>>
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