[Tagging] Changing amenity=bear_box to amenity=bear_cache

the database as of 2023-06-19 so changing to the new tag won't be a huge lift. Thoughts? R, Eric "Sparks" [0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:amenity%3Dbear_box [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_cache ___ Tagging mai

Re: [Tagging] coastline v. water

ferent from the tributaries that feed it. These are protected waters for ships. You won't find any high seas forecasts for the Bay unlike the ocean. The Bay is also brackish and not defined as salt water, unlike the ocean. If the rendering engine isn't showing it correctly, fix that; *that

Re: [Tagging] coastline v. water

identify a > reasonable choke point at which to terminate the inland extent of coastline > tagging." I would just classify it as "where the ocean meets the land". Any other water that isn't ocean should be mapped as water and tagged appropria

Re: [Tagging] coastline v. water

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 at 5:04 PM, Christoph Hormann wrote: > > Eric H. Christensen via Tagging tagging@openstreetmap.org hat am 18.11.2020 > > 21:19 geschrieben: > > > [...] > > First: the matter has been discussed at l

Re: [Tagging] coastline v. water

not make it be coastline. --Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] coastline v. water

tation of the word "sea" for coastline that is dragging many inland waters into that category. Thanks, Eric "Sparks" Christensen [0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dcoastline [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/T

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Givebox

People's Park in Berkeley was known for, among other things, its "free box". https://www.peoplespark.org/wp/free-clothing-box/ Might be a less encumbered term than "givebox" given the trademark issue Paul raises. Eric On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 3:38 PM Jmapb via Tagging w

Re: [Tagging] wiki template help

Created a table of recommended values manually and ditched the idea of multiple pages created using ValueDescription. On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:54 PM Eric Theise wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm writing up the documentation for mimics. It was clear from comments > that people d

[Tagging] wiki template help

where? Appreciate the help, Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting Result - Mimics

Voting was open from 29 Nov 2019 through 13 Dec 2019. The final tally was 21 yes votes, 0 no votes, and 3 abstentions. Thanks to everyone who voted and/or participated in the discussion. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Mimics

s in advance for participating in the vote and best wishes for a happy Thanksgiving weekend to US-based mappers. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - mimics

mimics" is well-understood and precise so I'm going to leave that in the proposal. Thanks, Eric P.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camouflage On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:06 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 at 08:40, Eric Theise wrote: > >> &g

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - mimics

I've updated the proposal to incorporate Paul Allen's suggestion that the practice of using tower:construction=concealed be deprecated when a mast or tower is tagged with mimics=*. On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 2:39 PM Eric Theise wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for the quick feedba

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - mimics

Hi Paul, Thanks for the quick feedback. On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 2:20 PM Paul Allen wrote: > On Fri, 15 Nov 2019 at 20:54, Eric Theise wrote: > >> >> I propose to introduce the key mimics to remedy this. >> > > I'm not sure "mimics" is a good key,

Re: [Tagging] disguised communication towers

I've emailed the list with a Request For Comments on a key for communication masts and towers: mimics. Thanks, Eric On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 1:57 PM Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > On 14. Nov 2019, at 22:04, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - mimics

Since 1992 cellphone masts and towers have been disguised as trees, cacti, and other features of the natural and built world. The suggested practice for tagging this infrastructure is to use man_made=tower or man_made=mast with tower:type=communication in combination with tower:construction=conceal

Re: [Tagging] disguised communication towers

On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 1:17 PM ael wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 01:00:29PM -0800, Eric Theise wrote: > > tower:type=communication > > tower:construction=concealed > > > > and either man_made=mast or man_made=tower should cough up cellphone > towers &g

[Tagging] disguised communication towers

uot;pine tree" that jumped out at me I'm not finding much. I have to assume I'm barking up the wrong tree (sorry). Could any of you suggest a better search strategy? Thanks in advance. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Evacuation Routes

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On August 9, 2018 11:57 AM, Eric H. Christensen wrote: > I'm opening up my Evacuation Routes proposal[0] for voting. I think we've had > two good sessions of discussions for ironing out the bugs

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Evacuation Routes

oposed_features/Evacuation_routes Thanks, Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: ProtonMail Comment: https://protonmail.com wsFcBAEBCAAQBQJbbGRRCRCAdqveAkuz0QAAOIAP/Rd0/+Clv4wMesiWU4Lu 2476V4MTaKpF7wmuHuwnXlf2hti07mxu6H0dt8FzCQAQ1wF9O2+j4o06jWpy i8qThaSGraU6eiazHrzJQ8cA9doEPFKRZ+piUAapRo7CS

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Evacuation Route

r not. I'm not certain of all the categories. I'm envisioning this being more like an overlay route like what is used for bicycle routes and bus routes and the like. What are those? Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: ProtonMail Comment: https://protonmail.com wsF

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Evacuation Route

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On August 6, 2018 2:02 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 06/08/18 15:27, Eric H. Christensen wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > ‐‐‐ O

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Evacuation Route

#x27;m trying to tackle the problem of evacuation routes along roads that have been preplanned for emergencies and disasters. Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: ProtonMail Comment: https://protonmail.com wsFcBAEBCAAQBQJbZ9xPCRCAdqveAkuz0QAAWZIP/3+0RLerwgB5ODpYHu45 JBZQmuaccYarcF9vWP20nN

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Evacuation Route

e go ahead with a vote? Thanks, Eric [0] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2017-September/033340.html [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Evacuation_routes -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: ProtonMail Comment: https:/

Re: [Tagging] Let's get (quite) rid of units and their multiples in OSM values

I agree with François and Marc. Le ven. 27 juil. 2018 à 13:28, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Unfortunately not everyone uses the same units... heights are in meters, > feet .. depending on where you come from or what activity you follow. > You're right, but as OSM is an international

Re: [Tagging] landuse=basin

=Parsberg#map=17/49.15540/11.70908 Eric Von: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. Juli 2018 09:42 An: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Betreff: [Tagging] landuse=basin Hi, The present OSM meaning of landuse=basin is "An area of land artificially

Re: [Tagging] esperanto=yes

;en language:menu=cn;en Eric Von: Michał Brzozowski Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2018 12:22 An: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools Betreff: [Tagging] esperanto=yes Hi, Today user przem started to add esperanto=yes to two kinds of objects - streets named after Zamenhof

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Evacuation Route

there be a "when" assigned to a route. With respect to Google, I think they are using their traffic load monitoring to try to divert traffic from one route to the other to help balance the load. This is one feature I wish our tools (maps.me, OSMAND, etc) had

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Evacuation Route

relations (and > than add all the refinements that you propose)… Dang, yes. Sorry, what you just said reminded me of what I had thought many months ago. With a route you can make them directional which is important. I'll make those changes today. - --Eric -BE

Re: [Tagging] Emergency shelters

s "[a] facility that provides temporary sleeping facilities or refuge from exposure to the environment." Isn't that what an emergency shelter is doing? - --Eric [0] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:social_facility -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEERiNf

Re: [Tagging] Emergency shelters

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 09/07/2017 11:12 PM, Nick Hocking wrote: > Eric wrote "Why would you delete data that is still valid and > useful?" > > > My concern is that if these are permanent features, then people > will say "ooh - they

Re: [Tagging] Emergency shelters

es will be made available via permanent information resources so documenting those will help fill the gaps. - --Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEERiNfHJ4f0jHRHow5g9FPLsqcWWwFAlmxsBAACgkQg9FPLsqc WWzg4wf+IpcJ2JgxfZtMZMRggdYFj11q4JbYl5mPxyU96JJBGn9qjG7gvGX0JCV4 uYByJv5RUwiKrURdlxXOUw

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Evacuation Route

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Evacuation_routes Emergency evacuation routes, with direction, for various types of emergencies. Thanks, Eric "Sparks" -BEGIN PGP

Re: [Tagging] Fire hydrants vs suction_point

On August 17, 2017 11:38:10 AM EDT, Richard Welty wrote: >On 8/17/17 10:25 AM, Eric Christensen wrote: >> >> That's not really what's being discussed here. A non-pressurized >> hydrant wouldn't be attached to a tank at all. It would require a >fire >&g

Re: [Tagging] Fire hydrants vs suction_point

ave the same usage. +1 > For the tag emergency=dry_hydrant, at this point I wouldn't introduce it, > because we already have emergency=suction_point that covers a wider range of > cases, as Moritz says. +1 > Productivity can become flow_capacity, as it is fo

Re: [Tagging] Fire hydrants vs suction_point

e ones I'm used to look like this: http://www.dof.virginia.gov/fire/dryhydrant/index.htm There is no confusing this with a pressurized hydrant. --Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Fire hydrants vs suction_point

uch ponds, lakes, canals, should be designated by the local authority. --Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] source tag on object <> changeset

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 12:09 AM, marc marc wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 08:51:16PM +0200, Simon Poole wrote: > >> a) good practice to tag source on the changeset. > > I always include a fairly comprehensive list > > of sources on changesets, but *need* individual source tags > > on ob

Re: [Tagging] fire hydrants

A color standard, IIRC, based on the flow rate of the largest diameter fitting on the hydrant. This is slightly different than the size of the main it is hooked to as a five-inch connection is going to flow more than a three-inch connection on the same sized

[Tagging] Evacuation Routes

igate during an emergency. Currently there are less then 5,000 implementation globally. Thoughts? Thanks, Eric "Sparks" [0] https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/emergencies/natural-disast ers/HurricaneSeason.html [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:evacuation_route -BEGIN P

Re: [Tagging] Disputed area

a complex thing. I've removed Tromelin from Mauritius relation Better practice is to ask the contributor to remove it itself. as this causes rendering issues: http://i.imgur.com/TZTYlHt.png Tagging for render? Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Taggi

Re: [Tagging] Disputed area

h dispute:recognized:CC=yes. Last question : how to indicate that an area want its independence? Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Disputed area

thern part of India/Pakistan border? Second question : can you draw areas with uniform claims and de facto situation inside? Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Disputed area

disputed area but a single polygon may be enough in most cases. A multipolygon may be used if the same dispute deals with several areas (like one country claiming several islands of another country at the same time). Eric ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] bridge AND embankment

@Eric: I looked at more examples, and I have to admit that you are right with your statistical (0.1%) argument. Most cases I looked at, are obvious accidental tagging errors. I checked for Madagascar. I found one case and I'm the author :-p I first added embankment and later cute a small

Re: [Tagging] Disputed area

n branch - the Egypt branch - the area (no claim, no dispute acknowledgement). Is such a schema suitable for the Indian/China case? Does is allow to draw a map like the one presented? Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] bridge AND embankment

Although I agree that such combination is suspicious... > 250 in France A rough evaluation for France give me 200k ways with bridge=yes. So about 1 error each 1000 bridges. Not such a big issue. My 0,02 €. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagg

Re: [Tagging] Disputed area

r disputes like the one recently solved by international tribunal between Chile and Peru. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Disputed area

country, territories wanting their independence... Any suggestion? Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Maxspeed

one30 maxspeed=20; source:maxspeed=FR:living_street Although for the last two, speed limit is included in the corresponding traffic sign design. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:source:maxspeed Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetma

Re: [Tagging] [Bug] calculated shortest route wrong

Paul, USENET and Mailing List posting netiquette: 4. Do not cross-post: http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php#xpost People on [tagging] may not be aware of the beginning of the discussion and other people on [osmand] may only receive a fraction of answers. Thanks Éric _

Re: [Tagging] Current status of the key smoothness=*

n it. It doesn't really describe smoothness. A road usable with normal vehicles may be driven at 100 km/h or 20 km/h, depending on smoothness. One may define some side scales like: practicability:bicycle=mountainbike_only/trekkingbike_only/citybike/all(defaut) practicability:motorcycle=* M

Re: [Tagging] tagging very wide steps - highway=steps on an area?

poor lonely mapper, I assumed that steps were pointing down like waterways. I now am adding the tag incline=up to all steps. +1 with incline=down but up to now, I didn't corrected my contributions backward. Eric ___ Tagging mailing li

Re: [Tagging] Ethnic shops

may use {{tag|cuisine}} to indicate it." And latter go on with culture=* for nonfood services? Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] length=

. Indeed, for tunnels, I just put the length indicated at the entrance in note=*... ... and some other contributors transfered it to length=*. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

behaves like a ford. I would avoid flood_prone=yes as it is made to be used when reasonably submerged. Adding depth=0 (or -0.5 ?) to indicate that the ford aspect is usually dry. (depth is not really used with bridge=* : 14 over 240). Eric

[Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

have one last case: some low profile bridge (without parapet) may be submerged after heavy rain but may be still usable if water depth above the bridge in not too high. How to tag this? Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Ethnic shops

Le 19/01/2015 18:42, althio althio a écrit : John Willis mailto:jo...@mac.com>> wrote: > I think there should be ethnic=*, Nationality=* , or culture=*tag that can be used [...] I find culture=* the best so far. I find it specialised enough (compared to _type=*, origin=*, category=*, group=*

Re: [Tagging] waterway=wadi problem

althio althio a ?crit : On 19 January 2015 at 13:42, Eric SIBERT wrote: One may also not that road are also subject to intermittent (un)usability. Some unpaved one are closed during rainy season. something with conditional? access:conditional = no @ (Jan-Apr) This is what I'm usi

Re: [Tagging] waterway=wadi problem

I'm following this thread since the beginning. I'm interested in intermittent river for Madagascar (http://osm.org/go/lrsj4--?relation=447325). There is mostly a dry season and a wet/rainy season from December to April. There is also around 3 cyclones a year. Some rivers (or part of river) o

[Tagging] Ethnic shops

also want to find it for braids ... cuisine=* is used for restaurant and may be suitable for convenience but not really for clothes or hairdresser. Any suggestion is welcome. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] natural=bay as nodes are evil

When working near the coast of Maine in the US, I see lots of bays. In most cases, the ultimate source data for the bay names seems to be various government maps and databases: GNIS, ancient nautical charts, or whatever. There's a high degree of agreement between sources: If an island has 4 unname

[Tagging] Public lands with designated parking lots

re there existing conventions? Would any OSM-based routing software be interested in delivering people to the correct parking lot? Are there other related use cases? -Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] pk vs kp on *=milestone and default unit?

Did yo had a look at the discussion of the proposed feature? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Milestones I agree that for pk, by default, unit should me considered as metric, as for height, maxweight, maxwidth, maxheight, maxlength... Eric

Re: [Tagging] Juice "restaurants"

cultural items: drink_place:type=biergarten, pub, cafe, bar, kiosk... but renderer can work without this last tag. My 0,02 € Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - historic=marker

Perhaps tagging this as "tourism=historicmarker" would be a better option. Thoughts? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - historic=marker

Then we have historic=memorial und memorial:type=plate This is forhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative_plaque gruß reneman According to the OpenStreetMap Wiki, historic=memorial is for "remembering special persons, peoples lost their lives in the world wars." A historical marker is fo

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - historic=marker

> Is this identical to information=board with board_type=historic ?? They are similar in the information they present but there are structural differences the physical way they are presented. Information boards are flat surfaces that either mounted in a table top form or vertically as a flat

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - historic=marker

I am reactivating the abandoned historic=marker proposal. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] piste:type=nordic but without underlying track

nd not the road... You can see what I did there : http://osm.org/go/0CC~gQzS Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Money transfer agents

Le 19/11/2012 15:58, Janko Mihelić a écrit : Maybe something even wider like: service:money:transfer=yes service:money:exchange=yes (because you can exchange currencies in some banks too, not only exchange bureaus) service:money:withdraw=yes service:money:deposit_coins=yes I like it. So servi

Re: [Tagging] Money transfer agents

in France, they are always part of an other shop/bank... In Madagascar, they are not only part of some banks put they also have stand alone offices. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Obstacle

About the values existing [...] For example, in my proposal there are a comment about obstacle=bridge (69,57% values of obstacle now), that can see here I'm surprise by the large use of obstacle=bridge. Do we have any idea on how it is used now? Éric _

Re: [Tagging] designation=* is a mess in Germany

ison de la Petite Enfance designation = Crèche indeed, amenity=kindergarten. osmose [1] show a warning for designation use. Eric [1] : http://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/map/ ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.or

Re: [Tagging] How to tag: road in Luxembourgish park with unclear status

both type of users. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:segregated Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Emergency lane used by PSV at rush time

" To prevent contradicting statements I want to add at the end of the aforementioned text the following: "This also applies to lanes which are usually excluded, e.g. emergency shoulder lanes." I don't find the last sentence very clear. &qu

Re: [Tagging] Emergency lane used by PSV at rush time

Sorry for late answer. There is so much traffic related to lanes on this mailing list. I suggest the following rewording which should reflect the initial intention: "Other lanes such as Wikipedia spitsstrooken in the Netherlands or Wikipedia temporäre Standstreifen in Austria, Germany and Switz

Re: [Tagging] Emergency lane used by PSV at rush time

lanes:psv:conditional = 1 @ traffic_jam Basic data users just need to understand the first key. More advanced one may use the two last. lanes=* wiki would need to be modified to not count temporary lanes. It would be more consistent as most of the time only two lanes are available. Eric

[Tagging] Emergency lane used by PSV at rush time

Hi, I'm translating the lanes=* wiki page into French. And some cases are coming into my mind :-p On a motorway, the emergency lane can be used by psv (bus and taxi) when there is traffic jam on the usual lanes. There is no predefined hours. Just, when traffic jam is detected, light signal a

Re: [Tagging] Narrow Bridge

The standard English term for a bridge that is only wide enough for one vehicle to pass through at a time is a "one-lane bridge". In the same way, a roadway only wide enough for one vehicle at a time is a "one-lane road". The bridge or road is visibly only one lane wide; painting lane markin

Re: [Tagging] Reconstructing «Dificult passability» proposal to «Obstacle»

you could use lanes=1 on the narrow parts. Agree. - a bridge or a raft with a bad link to the road/track i.e. a step at each end of the bridge/raft. obstacle=unevenness ? or obstacle=step? For me unevenness is to soft for what you describe. split the way and put a short highway=steps, step

[Tagging] Narrow Bridge (was: Reconstructing «Dificult passability» proposal to «Obstacle»)

- a narrow bridge i.e. you can't cross a vehicle in opposite direction. We may use width=* but it is difficult to get it precisely. obstacle=narrowness It's slightly offtopic, but wouldn't it be logical to use "car" as a non accurate unit of length? So you can have a tag like "width=

Re: [Tagging] Reconstructing «Dificult passability» proposal to «Obstacle»

/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Tags/Humanitarian_Data_Model#Obstacle Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Seasonnal roads

I'm looking how to tag a road with seasonal opening or closing. ... Have you tried: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Conditional_restrictions May I improve the wiki on seasonal=* to indicate that it would be nice to use it in conjunction with Conditional_restrictions? Regards

Re: [Tagging] Seasonnal roads

t seems to be use only in the German wiki. Eric ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Seasonnal roads

One of the main mountain highways here is closed to licensed vehicles during the winter months, but snowmobiles are permitted. Would vehicle:conditional apply to snowmobiles? I also have a similar problem with road that are use in winter for nordic (or not) ski. Up to now, I added a second way

Re: [Tagging] Seasonnal roads

>I'm looking how to tag a road with seasonal opening or closing. ... >Up to now, I was using "opening_hours=*" with "Nov-Apr off". Have you tried: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Conditional_restrictions I had a look some time ago but without thinking at seasonal roads. > Work is under wa

[Tagging] Seasonnal roads

Hi, I'm looking how to tag a road with seasonal opening or closing. Typical, mountain pass are closed in winter due to snow. Usual opening and closing dates are published (like open from week 24 to 41). In opposite, some roads on ice are only opened in winter. In Africa, some unpaved roads ar

[Tagging] communal learning spaces / training areas

dding something like amenity=informal_training or amenity=informal_school. I've also considered amenity=community_centre (too generic), and amenity=social_facility (focuses on aid for the poor and drug-addicted, but might adapt to this). Does anyone have experience tagging such places? If not, an

Re: [Tagging] name:English, name:Español and l eisure:pitch & pitch:? or sport:?

On Sep 21, 2010, at 8:28 AM, David Paleino wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:32:30 -0600, Eric Jarvies wrote: > >> Is this how to tag them?; >> name:English Name >> name:es:Español >> >> Or do I need to do this: >> name:English Name >> name:es &

Re: [Tagging] name:English, name:Español and l eisure:pitch & pitch:? or sport:?

paddle_tennis paragliding pelota racquet rowing shooting skating skateboard skiing soccer swimming table_tennis team_handball tennis toboggan volleyball water_ski And which is the correct one: Is it?: leisure:pitch pitch:baseball or is it?: leisure:pitch sport:baseball Thank you, Eric

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

or dwelling_type On Sep 8, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Alan Mintz wrote: > I wrote: > >... > >type=site > >+ site=housing > >+ housing={house|apartment|condominium|mobile_home|public_housing} > ^^^ > This should be "housing_type", not "housing". > > -- > Alan Mintz > > >

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

interesting... On Sep 8, 2010, at 1:56 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2010/9/8 Eric Jarvies : >> I've never seen a locksmith shoe repair store either :-) > > > there is a big franchise in Germany who offers exactly this: > http://www.misterminit

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

a 'house' just the same? And if so, then what is the current common convention for classifying construction types? Eric Jarvies > > ---Original Email--- > Subject :Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments > From :mailto:e...@csl.com.mx > Dat

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

I've never seen a locksmith shoe repair store either :-) On Sep 7, 2010, at 10:06 PM, John Smith wrote: > On 8 September 2010 12:15, John F. Eldredge wrote: >> Locksmiths who repair shoes? I hadn't heard of that combination before. >> Wouldn't that be tagged separately as a locksmith and a sh

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

mexico has a high percentage of these type of dwellings... how do you think the best way to tag them is? fractional:1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 3/4(ownership percentage) timeshare:1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10(weeks) Eric Jarvies On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:28 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > Other arrangements are c

Re: [Tagging] Non Proposed Features

Perhaps all contributors should be required to vote one way or the other. It should not be an option, and failure to do so after agreeing to such, should have penalty/consequence(like OSMF having right to then convert it to ODbL). Eric Jarvies On Aug 28, 2010, at 11:59 PM, John Smith wrote