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I've a English speaker who resides in Thailand, who does not read Thai nor the languages of other Asia countries. My OSM language setting is "en-US,en" (w/o quote marks). I need to have the OSM maps to be in English, as much as possible, yet my current language setting doesn't seem to accommodate this. Help, please. Thanks! |
The question has been closed for the following reason "Problem is not reproducible or outdated" by SimonPoole 01 Mar '22, 19:41
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As this old question comes up again and again. There is now an English only map based on OpenStreetMap data at https://www.osmap.asia (*). It uses the English labels instead of the local language labels or automatic phoentic transscription if no labels in English are present in the OSM data. (*) If you live in North America, https://www.osmap.us will be faster, and in Europe use https://www.osmap.uk. Other language versions (Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Italian or Danish) can be found via https://www.osmap.info. |
Thanks for the replies, and now feeling somewhat embarrassed. I must admit that when I posted my query, I'd not zoomed in on the map which then revealed many details translated into English.
As I understand it, you can only see the English on Thai maps if the person who added the item used English in the primary field. This is against the OSM recommendations for updating maps. Editors should enter the local language in the primary field. There are secondary (translation) fields where translations can also be added, but those aren't displayed on OSM maps. So, it is an 'error' if you are seeing the English.