[Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
Hi, some questions from a non-native (to the British, US, AU and other natives): 1. What is a steel worker? Is it someone who works in a steel mill http://growthexpertblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/SteelWorkerGentex_l1.jpg or is it someone who builds structural steel work (aka the men

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread Josh Doe
I feel so confused... of course you aren't talking about mapping people ?? On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:43 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, some questions from a non-native (to the British, US, AU and other natives): 1. What is a steel worker? Is it someone who

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread David Paleino
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:48:35 -0400, Josh Doe wrote: I feel so confused... of course you aren't talking about mapping people ?? Why not? :) Realtime worldwide people tracking using OSM. (and now you all know what's the purpose of the subcutaneous chips implanted by aliens) Yay! -- .

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/4/15 Josh Doe j...@joshdoe.com: I feel so confused... of course you aren't talking about mapping people ?? Let's say I am tagging people offering services. I am less interested in the man working in the steel mill, I am interested in the word for constructing supporting/structural

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread Brad Neuhauser
I think Josh's joke does get to a serious answer to your question: I don't think you should use the word that describes the worker, but the word that describes the work. However, I see that in the craft=* space (is this where you're heading with this Martin?) most of the tags do describe the

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/4/15 Brad Neuhauser brad.neuhau...@gmail.com: I think Josh's joke does get to a serious answer to your question: I don't think you should use the word that describes the worker, but the word that describes the work.  However, I see that in the craft=* space (is this where you're heading

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 15.04.2011 19:49, schrieb M∡rtin Koppenhoefer: 2011/4/15 Brad Neuhauserbrad.neuhau...@gmail.com: About steel worker, I would imagine that as a person working in a steel mill, who might also be called a foundry worker. The other case you mention could be called a framer, although carpenter

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread Brad Neuhauser
Hold it, there was consistency in the past? :) IANACW (construction worker) but framer seems like it would be generic and could apply to steel or wood framing. I think some (many?) carpenters in the US know how to work with steel for framing as well as wood. As further information, from my

[Tagging] your opinion on a delete/change key

2011-04-15 Thread Flaimo
recently i stumbled across one of my edits i did over a year ago. i mapped a new house with building=construction and the area around it with landuse=construction. i totally forgot about that, and since there don't seem to be any other mappers close by, nobody removed the construction tag even

Re: [Tagging] your opinion on a delete/change key

2011-04-15 Thread Richard Welty
On 4/15/11 4:18 PM, Josh Doe wrote: I'm not sure if I'd call it delete, maybe something more verbose and general like reinspect_date. This would be useful for some highway construction projects I've added which have given an estimated date of completion. yes, reinspect_date might be useful.

Re: [Tagging] steel worker and smaller concrete structures on site

2011-04-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/4/15 Peter Wendorff wendo...@uni-paderborn.de: On the other hand we in Germany - probably in the German speaking countries in general (but I'm not sure) do not consequently distinguish between making cuffins and making furniture - although there are words for either historic meaning -