I would like to create small walking paper maps of Chinese cities parts and thought to use QGIS(print pdf + via plotting). With QuickMapServices plugin I added the map and of course the street names are in Chinese. Using the info OSM plugin I've seen that the data are partially available in English.
I therefore ask whether it is possible to display street names in English or other Western characters.
1 Answer
You can not change the content of pre-renderd tiles. Since there seems to be no tile server with english labelling worldwide, you have to do it on your own:
- Render the tiles using the Mapnik toolchain or Maperitive using the
name:en
field instead of thename
field for labelling. Add them with the TileLayer plugin to your project. - Using the QuickOSM plugin, download elements that have a
name:en
tag, set the rendering to transparent, and label inside QGIS with thename_en
field.
This will leave many elements unnamed though.