http://brainoff.com/weblog Mikel Maron :: Building Digital Technology for Our Planet Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/17/1349#comment-109099 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:31:59 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/17/1349#comment-109099 Is that <a href="http://anarchogeek.com/" rel="nofollow">Rabble</a>'s logo on the wall there? Totally surreal seeing it turn up in the middle of West Bank. Is that Rabble’s logo on the wall there? Totally surreal seeing it turn up in the middle of West Bank.

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/14/1345#comment-108757 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:50:47 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/14/1345#comment-108757 What a great project! Best wishes to you, Bridget What a great project! Best wishes to you, Bridget

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/04/1340#comment-108294 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:30:58 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/04/1340#comment-108294 Congratulations! Sounds exciting. Looking forward what will be coming out of the map hat :) Congratulations! Sounds exciting. Looking forward what will be coming out of the map hat

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/04/1340#comment-107589 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:59:31 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/08/04/1340#comment-107589 Congratulations! really happy to see things moving forwards and converging ... I am looking forward to the great things that will come of this. Congratulations! really happy to see things moving forwards and converging … I am looking forward to the great things that will come of this.

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-60330 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:54:12 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-60330 Not surprised that Yahoo is taking the lead in this. They are heavily involved with Unicode standards development and the l10n/i18n community. Google has started to increase their presence in that arena too. I do really like how on Yahoo Maps the choice changes from "Vernacular" to the specific language if that is the only one displayed. Not surprised that Yahoo is taking the lead in this. They are heavily involved with Unicode standards development and the l10n/i18n community. Google has started to increase their presence in that arena too. I do really like how on Yahoo Maps the choice changes from “Vernacular” to the specific language if that is the only one displayed.

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/03/03/1319#comment-60230 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:43:49 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/03/03/1319#comment-60230 [...] Internationalizing and localizing is crucial to growth of the project. There&#8217;s many facets here, from the website itself, to the tile rendering, and other tools. We&#8217;re going to be flexible and see what&#8217;s possible this summer. Internationalization is deceptively complicated, especially when you throw Indic renderings into the mix, but I&#8217;ve been here before with My Yahoo! And Arindam is very enthusiastic. [...] […] Internationalizing and localizing is crucial to growth of the project. There’s many facets here, from the website itself, to the tile rendering, and other tools. We’re going to be flexible and see what’s possible this summer. Internationalization is deceptively complicated, especially when you throw Indic renderings into the mix, but I’ve been here before with My Yahoo! And Arindam is very enthusiastic. […]

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-59780 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:43:01 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-59780 [...] Geographic Naming continued Excellent, thoughtful post by Mikel on the problem of Geographic Naming on Internet Maps, as for Cyprus, like Wokingham in OSM, we still need to do it [...] […] Geographic Naming continued Excellent, thoughtful post by Mikel on the problem of Geographic Naming on Internet Maps, as for Cyprus, like Wokingham in OSM, we still need to do it […]

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-59663 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:23:55 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-59663 That's exactly what will happen -- the user will get to choose their localisation. It's potentially part of the Summer of Code project. That’s exactly what will happen — the user will get to choose their localisation. It’s potentially part of the Summer of Code project.

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-59661 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:06:13 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2008/04/16/1328#comment-59661 On the issue of Cyprus, and any similar dual-named areas, why not give the end-user the options A or B. These disputed areas would require the end-user to select a button, A = Greek or B = Turkish and then their map would be populated with the appropriate placenames. How's about that for a possible solution? On the issue of Cyprus, and any similar dual-named areas, why not give the end-user the options A or B. These disputed areas would require the end-user to select a button, A = Greek or B = Turkish and then their map would be populated with the appropriate placenames. How’s about that for a possible solution?

]]> http://brainoff.com/weblog/2007/11/11/1273#comment-59590 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:14:10 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2007/11/11/1273#comment-59590 [...] Preceeding this difference, I think I can detect something of the frustration I&#8217;ve experienced in attempting to free data from the United Nations as Google has. &#8220;We considered attempting to extricate Google entirely from the problem of deciding placenames by simply deferring to the determinations of an existing, authoritative, multilateral or multistakeholder institution.&#8221; But the UN keeps a strict policy that their maps are not official political representations, and takes no authoritative stance on boundaries or names. Frustrating, since essentially the UN is hamstrung by the traditional, single reality view of cartography. [...] […] Preceeding this difference, I think I can detect something of the frustration I’ve experienced in attempting to free data from the United Nations as Google has. “We considered attempting to extricate Google entirely from the problem of deciding placenames by simply deferring to the determinations of an existing, authoritative, multilateral or multistakeholder institution.” But the UN keeps a strict policy that their maps are not official political representations, and takes no authoritative stance on boundaries or names. Frustrating, since essentially the UN is hamstrung by the traditional, single reality view of cartography. […]

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