> The only thing I can think of (note I am not adding such tag values) is that > it is really easy later to query a database for ways which should have a name,
I have another supposition, maybe they are tagging for the renderer. when a way has no tag name, whatching at a renderer doesn't directly tels you if the way has no name or if there is not enough place to display the name, while if the name is set to FIXME or tdb, when you see it, you know it has to be fixed without having to bother with zooming again to see if it appears. Maybe things could be better if the noname layers and garmin noname files from cloudmade could be advertised a little more. Lazyness of tagging name=FIXME every now and then whould then arise if people know that not setting a name tag could easier be looked at. > So, it seems, no, it isn't enough to have a key missing, since that would > blend > into the background of ways which don't need a name or tag. There we are back to the noname never approved proposals, since no tag name or a tag name=FIXME both doesn't tell you if the feature has or not has a name We are still doing a few useless re-survey for a sign that is still not in the street, but I think that the closer we come to completness the more a tag to say there is no name will be needed. > > fixme=please add name > > or > > note=missing name > > would be better. But thats really only needed for more complex cases like: yeah the missing tag "name" is enough evidence to say there is a missing name, and I can't think of the rare case when a mapper did know the way has a name while not knowing what it is.... _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
