Re: [Tagging] Source tag - deprecated for use on objects?

2013-01-06 Thread Ilari Kajaste
wrote: I have been told ( on the talk-US email list ) that use of {{key|source}} on objects has been deprecated for years and that such information is only of historical interest and its use should be restricted to changesets. -- - Ilari Kajaste - E-Mail: ilari.kaja...@iki.fi WWW: http

[Tagging] The OSM philosophy (was: Carriageway divider)

2012-08-26 Thread Ilari Kajaste
is left intact, in good quality for any emergent uses we're not even thinking about yet. I think it's a very, very good approach. Uses come and go, but the data is what matters, in the end. It's the data itself, the modelling of reality, we need to focus on. -- - Ilari Kajaste - E-Mail

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-13 Thread Ilari Kajaste
for the tag. -- - Ilari Kajaste - E-Mail: ilari.kaja...@iki.fi WWW: http://iki.fi/ilari.kajaste ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-13 Thread Ilari Kajaste
not saying it's not a good idea to suggest the use of only one tag instead of two that are used to convey the same result (ok there's probably water for me there), But the issue isn't simple. -- - Ilari Kajaste - E-Mail: ilari.kaja...@iki.fi WWW: http://iki.fi/ilari.kajaste

Re: [Tagging] drinkable vs. drinking_water

2012-07-13 Thread Ilari Kajaste
On 13 July 2012 20:30, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/7/13 Ilari Kajaste ilari.kaja...@iki.fi: This isn't all that surprising. drinkable is an attribute, drinking_water is a service. Different types of things are used in different tagging contexts. please note

Re: [Tagging] Reviving the conditions debate

2012-06-15 Thread Ilari Kajaste
of a common case. And as a sidenote I'm not sure OSM database is even the right place for such detailed opening hours, but that's a whole other discussion. --     - Ilari Kajaste - E-Mail: ilari.kaja...@iki.fi WWW: http://iki.fi/ilari.kajaste ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Reviving the conditions debate

2012-06-15 Thread Ilari Kajaste
:00-14:00 opening_hours:(Jan 01) = closed Though the given example is unusually complex, so it's not a good example of a common case. And as a sidenote I'm not sure OSM database is even the right place for such detailed opening hours, but that's a whole other discussion. --     - Ilari Kajaste - E

Re: [Tagging] Reviving the conditions debate

2012-06-14 Thread Ilari Kajaste
editor, instead of plaintext (unless requested by user). I really would hate to see xml, json or anysuch jumping at a mapper's eyes in some tag/value list - that might have a deterring effect on editing. --     - Ilari Kajaste - E-Mail: ilari.kaja...@iki.fi WWW: http://iki.fi/ilari.kajaste