Roland Olbricht writes: > In general: the wiki is only descriptive, but often it sounds normative. > > It is a good idea to > - use tags or tag keys that have been used quite often > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/ > - search the wiki for keywords of the thing to tag > - read the relevant pages and take them as advice, not as a law > - if the pages don't make sense to you or don't match, ask at > http://help.openstreetmap.org > - add an additional, new tag if the often used tags don't describe the > situation appropriately
My rule of thumb is: 1) If the wiki describes a tag, tag according to the description. 2) If the wiki is silent on a tag, then feel free to add it. 3) If the wiki describes something, and you think there's a better way, then feel free to tag that way, but follow rule #1 and #2. 4) But never change what the wiki says, because the people who came before you followed rules #1, #2, and #3. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk