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Character Encoding

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I would like to know which charatcer encoding is used for OSM data.

Is the text/strings in the "NAME" column in the POI and highway data UTF-8 or not?

Thanks.

asked 20 May '11, 16:09

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All text fields are encoded in UTF-8.

Please check the details in the Wiki about API v0.6.

answered 20 May '11, 16:23

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