Re: [Tagging] Footway as painted lane in highway

2013-03-27 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 27.03.2013 05:18, Steve Bennett wrote: It sounds essentially like a sidewalk - the only distinction being that it's not raised above the road surface. So why not just use footway=sidewalk? The footway=lane tag sounds nice, but it sounds like such a rare occurrence that it will never

Re: [Tagging] Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Volker Schmidt
What about: amenity=shelter historic=alpine_hut ruins=yes (if appropriate) Volker (Padova, Italy) On 27 March 2013 05:16, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just wondering how best to tag the historic alpine huts we have in the mountains of southeast Australia. Some basic

Re: [Tagging] Footway as painted lane in highway

2013-03-27 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi! 2013/3/27 Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de: footway=sidewalk is not documented used as an add-on tag to highway=whatever, but for sidewalks which are mapped as separate ways. In this case, a separate way seems quite clearly not a good choice, considering that there is no physical

Re: [Tagging] Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi! 2013/3/27 Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com: What about: amenity=shelter historic=alpine_hut ruins=yes (if appropriate) Simple. Straight forward. Mostly established tags, besides the value of historic. +1 from me. Martin ___ Tagging mailing

Re: [Tagging] Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Richard Mann
The English/Scottish word for it is bothy. But it might be better to use something a bit more internationally-intelligible. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com wrote: What about: amenity=shelter historic=alpine_hut ruins=yes (if appropriate) Volker (Padova,

Re: [Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 42, Issue 26 Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread St Niklaas
Hi Steve and Volker, Message: 4 Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:16:13 +0100 From: Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools tagging@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Tagging] Historic huts Message-ID:

Re: [Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 42, Issue 26 Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/3/27 St Niklaas st.nikl...@live.nl: Since the hut is situated in Australia, why name it Alpine hut ? I always thought the Alps to be a European mountain range. In rural uninhabited areas there will be shelters like it all over the world. well, the alps are in Europe, no doubt, but that

Re: [Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 42, Issue 26 Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Volker Schmidt
An alpine hut is a hut in high mountains as the alpine climate is a high-mountain climate or an alpine plant is a plant that grows in alpine climates. Alpine hut is used in this sense in OSM. There is even a wine growing area in Australia called Alpine Valleys, if I am not mistaken. :-) Volker

Re: [Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 42, Issue 26 Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Peter Wendorff
See wikipedia for comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montane_ecology#Alpine_grasslands_and_tundra regards Peter Am 27.03.2013 14:21, schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: 2013/3/27 St Niklaas st.nikl...@live.nl: Since the hut is situated in Australia, why name it Alpine hut ? I always thought

Re: [Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 42, Issue 26 Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 02:21:09PM +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2013/3/27 St Niklaas st.nikl...@live.nl: Since the hut is situated in Australia, why name it Alpine hut ? I always thought the Alps to be a European mountain range. In rural uninhabited areas there will be shelters like it

Re: [Tagging] Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/3/27 Volker Schmidt vosc...@gmail.com: What about: amenity=shelter historic=alpine_hut ruins=yes (if appropriate) looking at the tags maybe historic=wilderness_hut would be better (according to a proposal and the current wiki state, tourism=alpine_hut is for places where you can get

Re: [Tagging] Longitudinal Zebra

2013-03-27 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-03-26 15:41, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote : 2013/3/26 André Pirard a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com mailto:a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com Hi, I dig this because of the similar problem with different story and paint. This is the gate in a one-way school service road

Re: [Tagging] Historic huts

2013-03-27 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: looking at the tags maybe historic=wilderness_hut would be better (according to a proposal and the current wiki state, tourism=alpine_hut is for places where you can get food and accomodation, while