John Smith wrote: > --- On Tue, 28/7/09, MarkS <o...@redcake.co.uk> wrote: >> We need to be careful about removing tags because it could >> cause >> renderers to fail (or at least not work as expected). For >> example, I >> think the is_in tag is added after the place name in mkgmap >> when >> creating the "city" POIs. > > That's fine for existing correct information, what about incorrect or missing > ones? :) > > How's this for consistency, all of these describe various suburbs of Sydney... > > is_in = New South Wales,Australia > name = Surry Hills > place = suburb > > is_in = Australia, NSW, New South Wales, Sydney, Eastern Suburbs > name = Elizabeth Bay > place = suburb > postal_code = 2011 > > is_in = Australia, NSW, New South Wales, Sydney > name = Woolloomooloo > place = suburb > > is_in = Australia, NSW, New South Wales, Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, resort towns > name = Bondi Beach > place = suburb > > is_in = Sydney,New South Wales,Australia > name = Mascot > place = suburb
I agree we have a problem and this looks very inconsistent. I like information to be consistent and held only once. The example shows that having a field where you can enter almost anything does result in a variety of inconsistent entries. I'm not against getting rid of is_in, I just think we need to manage the change over a fair period of time to give the renderers a chance to catch up. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
