Re: [Maposmatic-dev] [task #10069] Support multiple names for streets

[David MENTRE]

Hi Jeroen,

2010/1/8 Jeroen van Rijn <address@hidden>:
> But even supposing someone prints out a map of Paris with all names
> translated to English, they're not going to find their way around
> since presumably the local signage won't bear the translation.

Right.

> Might then something like this be wanted?
> - Select preferred street name language: ['Local', 'Arabic',
> 'Catalan',  ..... 'Zulu']

Another idea: select the two (maybe more) languages to select from:
 * Language country selected on the main page;
 * Prefered language from the web browser.

> - if something other than local is selected and there's a
> name:<iso-language> tag present for the street, render it as follows
> in the index:
>
> ==L==
> [Local Name] Translated Name
> ==T==
> Translated Name [Local Name]

That's an idea.

At least we know have ideas how to find street names for countries
like Belgium where all names are systematically in 2 or 3 languages
(FR, NL and DE).

I think we should first do that before digging into the multiple
languages map index. :-)

Thank you for the ideas Jeroen.

Regards,
d.