Interesting, I assume you are both aware of:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_tags_for_routing/Access-Restrictions

which covers just part of the problem space. For example to do it
properly you need to normalize vehicle types, add rules for
standing/parked vehicles and so on.

Simon


Am 24.11.2016 um 17:54 schrieb Michael Maier:
> On 17/11/16 11:51, Per Eric Rosén wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I have been making a few maps and applications using OSM data, mostly
>> stored in postgis. In all cases, I have had to make custom carto rules /
>> database post-processing / application rules to compensate for multiple
>> ways of expressing the same information in OSM. Also, in some cases,
>> for taking care of which tag implies which information.
>>
>> Is there some way of doing this just once; for example with some
>> parseable implication database, and library? There is some "implies" on
>> the wiki; but it's not completely chine-readable in a reliable way.
>>
>> Such a database would probably also need being optionally keyed on
>> country, "highway=cycleway" may imply different rules in different
>> countries for example.
>>
>> Would such a tool/database be useful, if not existing already?
> Definitely, I would have needed such a tool a few times already.
>
>> I see two somewhat different usage cases, and I don't know if the same
>> tool/database should be used for both:
>>
>> 1. normalizing a database before usage, for example changing
>>    "highway=ford" to "ford=yes" and moving to modern lifecycle tags
>>
>>    (it could be argued that this shoud be done on the main OSM database
>>     by a bot, but data consumers could probably have larger or more
>>     specific needs of normalization compared to what can be agreed to do
>>     by changing the master OSM data)
>>
>> 2. getting specific implications without writing it to a database, for
>>    example highway=cycleway implies bicycle=yes, foot=yes in country X
> I would suggest to start a project to use Wikidata for that:
> • create a Wikidata object for every key and for every key=value pair of
> interest.
> • Link them together with
>   · subclass_of (P279¹) for key=value to key
>   · when two tags are meant for the same objects, set P460²
>   · for “implies” I haven't found a property yet, is that possible?
> • replace the currently used P1282³ with a new property linking to the
> new Wikidata entries for tags
>
> [1] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P279
> [2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P460
> [3] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1282
>
> Who would be willing to join the effort?
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
>> best regards
>> Per Eric Rosén
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