Example I discovered: Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic don't have "name:cs" tag for czech version of its name, the czech version is directly and solely in the "name" tag. But as it has "name:sr-Latn" for serbian version of its name, and serbian is from some reason in a fallback chain of czech, the name in serbian appears on a map [proof <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:YjM/sandbox>]. This particular example is easy to solve (i.e. add the "name:cs" in OSM), but I have no idea if this may apply to other languages and their fallbacks. I even doubt there is some simple way of fixing it on your side, I just think it's an issue to notice.

On Apr 25, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Jan Macura &lt;macurajan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hi, it technically looks to work great. Well done! What I perceive as unpleasant is that the language fallback works even in places which are native to the desired language. Example I discovered: Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic don't have "name:cs" tag for czech version of its name, the czech version is directly and solely in the "name" tag. But as it has "name:sr-Latn" for serbian version of its name, and serbian is from some reason in a fallback chain of czech, the name in serbian appears on a map [proof <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:YjM/sandbox>]. This particular example is easy to solve (i.e. add the "name:cs" in OSM), but I have no idea if this may apply to other languages and their fallbacks. I even doubt there is some simple way of fixing it on your side, I just think it's an issue to notice. Thanks and regards Jan On 25 April 2018 at 23:12, Joe Matazzoni &lt;jmatazzoni(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:jmatazzoni@wikimedia.org>> wrote: You can now display maps in languages of your choice on testwiki. I made two pages to demonstrate the new features, on testwiki [1] and testwiki2 [2] (embedded maps on test2 are dynamic; those on test are static until you click to pop up an enlargement). By default, internationalized maps display in the language of the wiki (which is English for the testwikis). So to experiment with these features, you’ll want to use the two new mapframe parameters we’ve added. Just insert them into your map frame tags. lang=”xx” Shows map labels in the language you specify with the short language codes used for each wiki. lang=“local” Shows map labels in the languages of the territory mapped (essentially opting out of internationalization). Right now, internationalization works only with mapframe, not maplink (which should be working some time next week). You can read more about this new feature and how to use it on the Map Improvements 2018 project page, under Updates [3]. Our plan is to wait a week or two and assess user comments about the feature. At that point, we’ll decide whether to move forward with a general release or keep making fixes. So please try the new features out and leave feedback on the Map Improvements 2018 talk page [4] . We’re listening! Yours, Joe [1] https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples <https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples> [2] https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples <https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#Project_Updates <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#Project_Updates> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018> _____________________ Joe Matazzoni Product Manager, Collaboration Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge." _______________________________________________ Maps-l mailing list Maps-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Maps-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l> _______________________________________________ Maps-l mailing list Maps-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l

I would hope that it would be possible to use Wikidata labels for map internalization in a future not so distant, instead of "name:*" tags in OSM. Although I have no idea how to possibly implement such thing in a way which won't be time-costly, it is definitely a way to investigate, because it would not only solve this problem, but enhance the internalization drastically, as WD has many more labels than OSM contain in names [yet I don't have any proofy statistics in hand, just my impression..]

I would hope that it would be possible to use Wikidata labels for map internalization in a future not so distant, instead of "name:*" tags in OSM. Although I have no idea how to possibly implement such thing in a way which won't be time-costly, it is definitely a way to investigate, because it would not only solve this problem, but enhance the internalization drastically, as WD has many more labels than OSM contain in names [yet I don't have any proofy statistics in hand, just my impression..]

Hi Tim,  In answer to your question about integrating i18n maps inside a map gadget, we’re not sure from the example you show which gadget you’re referring to.  The one thing I will say is that, depending what wiki you work on, you may not need to use a gadget to do what you want to do. Full mapframe functionality, with i18n, will be available in May for most Wikipedias. Here’s an announcement to that effect that is in the process of being distributed worldwide [1]. (If German Wikipedia is your main wiki, however, I do have to add that de.wiki is not on the list [2] for this release because of Flagged Revisions;  a notice about that is being translated for distribution [3]. Anyway, I’ll try to get an answer to your question if you can tell us a little more. It  it would be helpful if you could take the discussion to the Map Improvements 2018 talk page [4], where it will be easier for some members of my team to participate. Thanks.  Joe [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_11,_2018 [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191583 [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JMatazzoni_(WMF)/mapframe-to-nine-fr-w… [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018 _____________________ *Joe Matazzoni*  Product Manager, Collaboration Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco _______________________________________________ Maps-l mailing list Maps-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l