> 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 > > > >> >> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Arun Ganesh >>>> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> >>>> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Hari Prasad Nadig >>> http://hpnadig.net >>> http://twitter.com/hpnadig >>> http://flickr.com/hpnadig >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Arun Ganesh >> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> >> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-in-blr mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-blr > > -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
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