Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-23 Thread Rainer Fügenstein
hi, the last weeks have been quite horrible here, but at least I managed to write some kind of framework for the MEP: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Pipeliner as if there isn't enough on my shoulders right now, I've been called away on short notice for the next 6 weeks; I

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-09 Thread Lester Caine
On 09/01/15 13:12, Frederik Ramm wrote: Just to be clear, the core of my idea was some kind of subscription mechanism where you, as a data user, could say: I am processing these tags in my application and I wish to be notified of important changes. I wasn't even thinking about the input side

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-09 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, (full-quoting as an exception here) Just to be clear, the core of my idea was some kind of subscription mechanism where you, as a data user, could say: I am processing these tags in my application and I wish to be notified of important changes. I wasn't even thinking about the input side

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-09 Thread François Lacombe
I think there is a big difference between getting information from templates (very guided and structured) and completely understand the whole wiki. Such software supplying information about tags would be to get them from the ValueDescription template and give a link to the wiki page if human want

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-01-06 13:34 GMT+01:00 François Lacombe fl.infosrese...@gmail.com: As Frederik suggested, I'm strongly in favor of software supplying information about tags. The wiki can be understood by humans but not so readable by machines. I am not against software supplying information about tags,

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-07 Thread Janko Mihelić
Dana 7. 1. 2015. 03:53 osoba Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com napisala je: While we're at it, it would be nice to have a database that allows going from the tagged item (e.g., fitness centre) to recommended tag. The iD editor has a nice internal feature called aliases, so a person looking

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-07 Thread althio althio
Maybe derailling and off-topic but anyway I do agree... To be discussed on tagging, dev, ...? While we're at it, it would be nice to have a database that allows going from the tagged item (e.g., fitness centre) to recommended tag. The iD editor has a nice internal feature called aliases, so a

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-07 Thread Tom Taylor
On 07/01/2015 5:37 AM, althio althio wrote: Maybe derailling and off-topic but anyway I do agree... To be discussed on tagging, dev, ...? While we're at it, it would be nice to have a database that allows going from the tagged item (e.g., fitness centre) to recommended tag. The iD editor has

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 01/03/2015 06:22 PM, Chris Hill wrote: What about the maps I produce for my client? You're not likely to know about it as it is a private project. If you make a mechanical edit that breaks my render, should I send the bill for the changes to you rather than ask my client to pay? That

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread Mike N
On 1/6/2015 6:47 AM, Chris Hill wrote: If the new scheme is adopted in staged way that would be better than a single mass edit, though it can still break data use for people who don't follow OSM's mailing lists. I don't blame the proposer of the scheme; he's just following the daft guidelines

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread François Lacombe
+1 with Mike, there is nothing wrong with voting. As Frederik suggested, I'm strongly in favor of software supplying information about tags. The wiki can be understood by humans but not so readable by machines. We can imagine that draft of presets or renders can be dynamically generated by

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread Chris Hill
A tagging scheme, that was already in use, was being changed by a proposal, supported by a small number of votes. Because of these votes the proposer decided that his tagging scheme should be adopted by a mass edit. That mass edit would have broken any use of the tagging scheme by data

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread Lester Caine
On 03/01/15 22:05, François Lacombe wrote: I include some mechanical edits as vandalism, other than that, vandalism has not caused me any problems at all. I was too. And I don't understand why a static snapshot can't help you regarding changes that don't suit your needs. Think

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
I'm a data consumer also. And I've faced tagging proposals that would break my imports also. In general while I think the tagging / wiki voting system is pretty broken, I also believe in mass re-tagging to make data more regular. While there's a one time disruption due to re-tagging, the promise

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread Tom Taylor
On 06/01/2015 8:16 AM, Lester Caine wrote: On 03/01/15 22:05, François Lacombe wrote: ... This is possibly a case for a separate API for the management of tag metadata? Nothing stopping private tagging, but controlling better the core tagging infrastructure and allowing MANAGEMENT of the

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-06 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
While we're at it, it would be nice to have a database that allows going from the tagged item (e.g., fitness centre) to recommended tag. The iD editor has a nice internal feature called aliases, so a person looking to add a restroom will find the toilet preset.

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-05 Thread Jo Walsh
Data won't slip away because it is not tagged; it will slip away because it is not linked. The linking process benefits from having less coordination. On Tue, Jan 6, 2015, at 06:06 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: You'd rather face a tag fragmentation, and slowly see your data slip away? It seems in

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-05 Thread colliar
Am 05.01.2015 um 00:17 schrieb Lists: On Jan 4, 2015, at 21:11, Richard Z. ricoz@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 09:18:57AM -0200, Lists wrote: May I suggest the following work flow: 1) Agree upon 2 dates sufficiently spaced i.e. 2 weeks apart 2) First date, add the new tag,

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-05 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
What about the maps I produce for my client? You're not likely to know about it as it is a private project. If you make a mechanical edit that breaks my render, should I send the bill for the changes to you rather than ask my client to pay? (This is not hypothetical I really do have a render

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Lists
May I suggest the following work flow: 1) Agree upon 2 dates sufficiently spaced i.e. 2 weeks apart 2) First date, add the new tag, leave the old tag in the system. This will not break anything, and from that date data consumers know they can start migrating their renderers, harvesters, or

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Richard Z.
On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 05:22:17PM +, Chris Hill wrote: On 03/01/15 16:50, Rainer Fügenstein wrote: in accordance to the mechanical edit policy, I'd like to open the discussion on this list: a recently approved proposal introduced new tags for pipelines and marker [1] and changed an

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Andrew Hain
Lists lists at gimnechiske.org writes: This should be the general rule for mechanical edits when migrating tagging schemes. Fair enough when there is a clear use that this fosters but it is unclear whether that is true here. As a community we have to make sure that trolls and others without our

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Rainer Fügenstein
AH Fair enough when there is a clear use that this fosters but it is unclear AH whether that is true here. As a community we have to make sure that trolls AH and others without our best interests at heart do not abuse our norms for AH there own ends. are you referring to me and the pipeline

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Andrew Hain
Rainer Fügenstein rfu at oudeis.org writes: are you referring to me and the pipeline proposal? if yes, I'll withdraw the MEP proposal, since I don't want to be a troll. Sorry not to make myself clear. The comment was not aimed at you and I would like to make clear that I support the mass edit

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Richard Z.
On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 09:18:57AM -0200, Lists wrote: May I suggest the following work flow: 1) Agree upon 2 dates sufficiently spaced i.e. 2 weeks apart 2) First date, add the new tag, leave the old tag in the system. This will not break anything, and from that date data consumers know

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-04 Thread Lists
On Jan 4, 2015, at 21:11, Richard Z. ricoz@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 09:18:57AM -0200, Lists wrote: May I suggest the following work flow: 1) Agree upon 2 dates sufficiently spaced i.e. 2 weeks apart 2) First date, add the new tag, leave the old tag in the system. This

[OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread Rainer Fügenstein
in accordance to the mechanical edit policy, I'd like to open the discussion on this list: a recently approved proposal introduced new tags for pipelines and marker [1] and changed an established tag: type=* was changed to substance=* the main reason for this change was a (possible) conflict

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread Werner Hoch
Hi, Am Samstag, den 03.01.2015, 17:50 +0100 schrieb Rainer Fügenstein: in accordance to the mechanical edit policy, I'd like to open the discussion on this list: a recently approved proposal introduced new tags for pipelines and marker [1] and changed an established tag: type=* was

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread Rainer Fügenstein
CH No, just because a handful of wiki 'votes' does not mandate a mechanical CH edit. OK, then we'll have split data. CH What about the maps I produce for my client? You're not likely to know what about changing the rendering rules after the mechanical edit? the purpose of this discussion is

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread François Lacombe
I don't see any objection to do as Rainer suggested. Maybe someone can give us examples of conflict with any other data ? All the best *François Lacombe* fl dot infosreseaux At gmail dot com www.infos-reseaux.com @InfosReseaux http://www.twitter.com/InfosReseaux 2015-01-03 17:50 GMT+01:00

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread Chris Hill
On 03/01/15 16:50, Rainer Fügenstein wrote: in accordance to the mechanical edit policy, I'd like to open the discussion on this list: a recently approved proposal introduced new tags for pipelines and marker [1] and changed an established tag: type=* was changed to substance=* The values

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread François Lacombe
2015-01-03 18:22 GMT+01:00 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net: The values may need changing, e.g. type=sewer become substance=sewage +1 indeed What about the maps I produce for my client? You're not likely to know about it as it is a private project. If you make a mechanical edit that

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread Chris Hill
On 03/01/15 17:46, François Lacombe wrote: 2015-01-03 18:22 GMT+01:00 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net mailto:o...@raggedred.net: What about the maps I produce for my client? You're not likely to know about it as it is a private project. If you make a mechanical edit that breaks my

Re: [OSM-talk] MEP - pipelines

2015-01-03 Thread François Lacombe
2015-01-03 21:18 GMT+01:00 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net: I include some mechanical edits as vandalism, other than that, vandalism has not caused me any problems at all. I was too. And I don't understand why a static snapshot can't help you regarding changes that don't suit your needs.