new multilingual mapsforge maps

[notbru]

I'm using new mapsforge openandromaps (Alps_ML) with orux 7.0.12.

Very nice to switch between languages.

But: when i choose default language (--), orux takes the language what is chosen in orux global settings. However, default language should be taken from OSM-tag name. So mapnames would be displayed according to the national languages (French for France, Italian for Italy, German for Germany, Austria ...).

Thank you for this great app!

notbru

[notbru]

to say it more clearly:

in orux 7.0.12 multilingual map Alps_ML is displayed (from openandromaps.org).

global settings / application / language = de_DE (e.g.)

global settings / maps / mapsforge-settings / default language = --

map-adjustments / language for mapsforge-maps = --



with these settings mapnames should be displayed with OSM-tag name (the default-name, usually it's the name in the national language). For example Venezia (Italy), Nice (France).

But] mapnames are displayed in the application-language german, if OSM-tag name_deis existent. For example: Venedig, Nizza.



Would be nice, if behaviour could be changed.

Thank you and nice greetings, notbru

[eartrumpet]

Just set the default mapsforge language setting to "---" and you get the behaviour you want.

[eartrumpet]

Just set the default mapsforge language setting to "---" and you get the behaviour you want.

Oh, sorry, tested with a map whith same default "name" language as the app

You're right, the app language shouldn't influence the map language, the other two settings are enough.

[eartrumpet]

This bug is still in the current version, when no special language is selected ("--"), the app language setting prevents seeing the default name.



Reproducable like this:

- use Alps_Ost from OpenAndroMaps

- go for example to Bolzano/Bozen (South Tyrol is great for testing this as the official name is in two languages)

- select "--" as mapsforge language - now you should most of the time see the names in Italian and German, as this is the default value

- if you have set your app language to any other than German or Italian, "Bolzano - Bozen" is shown

- if you set to German, only "Bozen" is shown, not as expected the default value "Bolzano - Bozen" (Italian the other way around)

- select "en" as mapsforge language, "Bolzano - Bozen" is shown - here OruxMaps, as there's no english name, defaults correctly to the official name



Why is this bad? The default value "name=*" is not selectable when your app is in a language where a different name is available, here "name:de=*"

So I can't see the official name without always switching to the language of the country I'm looking at, e.g. switching between German (or "--") for Austria, Italian for Italy and Slovenian for Slovenia if I'm looking at an area which contains all three countries.

[orux]

This bug is still in the current version, when no special language is selected ("--"), the app language setting prevents seeing the default name.



Reproducable like this:

- use Alps_Ost from OpenAndroMaps

- go for example to Bolzano/Bozen (South Tyrol is great for testing this as the official name is in two languages)

- select "--" as mapsforge language - now you should most of the time see the names in Italian and German, as this is the default value

- if you have set your app language to any other than German or Italian, "Bolzano - Bozen" is shown

- if you set to German, only "Bozen" is shown, not as expected the default value "Bolzano - Bozen" (Italian the other way around)

- select "en" as mapsforge language, "Bolzano - Bozen" is shown - here OruxMaps, as there's no english name, defaults correctly to the official name



Why is this bad? The default value "name=*" is not selectable when your app is in a language where a different name is available, here "name:de=*"

So I can't see the official name without always switching to the language of the country I'm looking at, e.g. switching between German (or "--") for Austria, Italian for Italy and Slovenian for Slovenia if I'm looking at an area which contains all three countries.

Hello!



The app was replacing "--" with the default locale. I will let the '*' selected option instead of replacing it with app locale,





orux

[orux]

Please, test the last beta to see if the language selection works as expected,



orux

[eartrumpet]

Thanks a lot, works now as expected!