All the priority concerns mentioned above have been resolved in the most recent wiki updates.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:Ontario:Ottawa/Import/Trees Expect this import to start very shortly. *~~~~~~* *Denis Carriere* *GIS Software & Systems Specialist* On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2017-07-06 11:33 GMT+02:00 Christoph Hormann <[email protected]>: > >> Note regarding diameter vs. circumference - i was >> suggesting to use the established pre-existing tag but in principle you >> are free to use any tags you like >> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Any_tags_you_like) - but you need >> to document them on the wiki (which is why i complained about use of an >> undocumented tag). > > > > > I tend to disagree on the "any tag you like" for imports. It's OK for > mappers to use any tag they like, but imports have the power to heavily > distort any usage statistics (which are the principal arguments in both, > discussions with the rendering stylesheet maintainers, as well as in case > of attemps to unify different tags with the same meaning), and people will > often look at these statistics when deciding which tag to use for a certain > feature (especially when there's no documentation). One person could easily > "override"/"outplay" the work of hundreds or thousands individual mappers, > with the click of an import, hence introducing tag sprawl, incertainty and > reducing uniformity. > > Btw.: the page you linked says in the first paragraph: "So you've followed > good > practice <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice> and searched > the Map Features <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features>, Proposed > features <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features>, Rejected > features <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Rejected_features>, Proposed > Relations > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Proposed_relations> and mailing > lists' archives > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contact#Mailing_lists> and still > can't find a tag for what you'd like to map?". > In this case (mapping the size of a tree trunk), there is already a tag > for what he wants to map, so the page doesn't seem to apply anyway. And > later on it says: "you SHOULD create a proposal > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features> for your feature, > if: > > 1. Your feature is of general interest,...." > > > So rather than just "using" the tag, a proposal should be prepared if > there wasn't an established tag already. > > Cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Imports mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports > >
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