Re: [Maposmatic-dev] Localize for Japanese

[S.Higashi]

Hi,

> OK, so to put this in context, currently in MapoOSMatic we:
>   1. extract all street names;
>   2. sort according to the chosen language the street names;
>   3. print them in the index.
>
> For Japan, 1. is apparently totally useless and the generated index in
> 3 is probably empty (except maybe for amenities like school,
> post-office, etc.).

Yes, I think so.

> So my question is: what should we do in MapOSMatic for Japanese maps?
> What kind of index (if any) is printed on Japanese maps?

In short term, we need a map for Earthquake.
Printable version of the following map would be preferable for the
poeple on the ground.
They need emergency shelter (hot_camp_site) map for example.
Refugees are living thousands of shelters and it will take long time
for reconstruction.
http://www.tappenbeck.net/osm/maps/deu/index.php?id=2000

In long term, thematically categorized POI map would be better which
one can select POIs to print by category.

> Best regards,
> david
>