...with apologies for cross-posting.
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deb tankersley
Program Manager, Engineering
Wikimedia Foundation
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From: Joe Matazzoni <jmatazzoni(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 2:38 AM
Subject: [Maps-l] Map internationalization: more on how the new maps work
with OSM data
To: maps-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Following up on yesterday’s announcement encouraging people to try out
internationalized maps on testwiki [1], I added more information today [2]
about how the feature works.
In particular, in yesterday’s post we introduced the new map parameter and
value, lang=“local”, which causes a map to display in the language of the
territory mapped—essentially turning off internationalization and reverting
to the current (soon to be former) map behavior, which displays maps only
in the language(s) of the territory mapped. The new post dives into the
OpenStreetMap data quirks that make such a feature necessary and explains
when you might want to use it.
So if you’re interested in wiki maps, have a look. You can see the
internationalization features in action on a sample page I put on testwiki
[3]. And please remember to leave your feedback on the Map Improvements
2018 talk page [4]. We’re listening!
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#
April_25,_2018,_You_can_now_try_out_internationalization_(on_testwiki)
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#
April_26,_2018:_OSM_name_data_quirks_and_the_uses_of_lang=%
E2%80%9Clocal%E2%80%9D
[3]
https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples
[4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018
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*Joe Matazzoni*
Product Manager, Collaboration
Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco
*"Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the
sum of all knowledge." *
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