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by uwagar 1365 days ago
how do i turn on english names for places that are labeled in local language?
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karussell 1365 days ago
It is not possible with raster tiles, but the OSM database might still have the name in English.

(You can have a look into vector tiles like from MapTiler or their open source project openmaptiles.org)

I just found this example (has nothing to do with openmaptiles as far I can see): https://js.protomaps.com/examples/multi_language.html

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spiekerooger 1365 days ago
It actually is possible with raster tiles as well - see e.g. the local chapter work in France ( https://www.openstreetmap.fr ) or Germany ( https://www.openstreetmap.de ) or the osMap project with 10 different language versions ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/osMap ). All those are produced with raster tiles.

But you are right as this approach does not scale well in regard to using it for all languages out there. So a vector tile stack is a better approach for just switching languages.

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karussell 1365 days ago
Yes, I meant switching languages is not possible. Of course you can pre-generate your raster in many languages...
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snorthpole 1365 days ago
Try https://www.osmap.uk - OSM with English labels globally.
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