Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Janko Mihelić
Wow, I never heard of qanats. man_made=qanat and qanat=shaft sound ok, although I would rather use waterway=qanat. I see there are only 3 man_made=qanats mapped right now, so there is no problems with changing those. Janko 2013/9/27 Michał Sałaban mic...@salaban.info Hi, I've just created

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread John Sturdy
I'm not sure whether this should have its own tag; how different is it from either an underground pipeline or an underground canal? __John ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Michał Sałaban
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:00 PM, John Sturdy jcg.stu...@gmail.com wrote: Also, wouldn't we be able to use waterway=canal, tunnel=yes (or whatever tag we use for underground waterways)? Possibly combined with qanat=yes? Or perhaps waterway=canal, tunnel=yes, canal=qanat? This makes sense. It

Re: [Tagging] Visual editor for the wiki (WAS: How to overcome lack of consensus)

2013-09-27 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-09-17 21:49, Rob Nickerson wrote : Daniel wrote: - Make it easier to edit the wiki. Hi Daniel, I agree - the wiki can be hard to edit if you have never done this before. This is why I requested a visual editor (that is now used by Wikipedia) to be added. Unfortunately this

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Brad Neuhauser
man_made=pipeline, pipeline=qanat? This is similar to how the aqueduct page proposes to tag modern aqueducts, but qanats seem a distinct type of structure from aqueducts due to the vertical wells. (And I agree with John's point that it is not really like a pipeline, but I'd argue that OSM often

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 27/set/2013 um 12:18 schrieb Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl: Also, wouldn't we be able to use waterway=canal, tunnel=yes (or whatever tag we use for underground waterways)? Possibly combined with qanat=yes? I'd rather use something like canal_type=qanat instead of sth

Re: [Tagging] Post vote clean up

2013-09-27 Thread bredy
Ok thanks -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Post-vote-clean-up-tp5779068p5779182.html Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] waterfall

2013-09-27 Thread bredy
fly high wrote but they are called falls (natural=waterfalls ?). +1 falls is better -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/waterfall-tp5778845p5779185.html Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___

Re: [Tagging] waterfall

2013-09-27 Thread bredy
Can we modify the proposal natural=waterfall because the writer stop the work? -- View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/waterfall-tp5778845p5779186.html Sent from the Tagging mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On Sep 27, 2013 3:34 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 27/set/2013 um 12:18 schrieb Matthijs Melissen i...@matthijsmelissen.nl: Also, wouldn't we be able to use waterway=canal, tunnel=yes (or whatever tag we use for underground waterways)? Possibly combined with

Re: [Tagging] waterfall

2013-09-27 Thread fly
On 27.09.2013 16:20, bredy wrote: Can we modify the proposal natural=waterfall because the writer stop the work? If we get to a conclusion that natural=waterfalls is the whole area with maybe several falls + rapids it would be better to start a new one and describe the differences. Right now

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Janko Mihelić
On the canal wiki article http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canal it says An artificial open waterway used for transportation, waterpower, or irrigation. I guess we have to add drinking water to that list. When you look at the Wikipedia canal articlehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal, there is

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Michał Sałaban
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: When you look at the Wikipedia canal article, there is nothing remotely similar to a qanat. It is not, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_(water_supply) looks more similar and even lists qanat as a form of aqueduct.

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Martin Koppenhöfer
Am 27.09.2013 um 21:33 schrieb Michał Sałaban mic...@salaban.info: However it might create confusion with already existing bridge=aqueduct. IMHO bridge=aqueduct is nonsense, we also don't use bridge=highway or railway, and aqueducts don't have to be bridges, they are also underground, or on

Re: [Tagging] mapping qanats

2013-09-27 Thread Michał Sałaban
OK, I gathered the three ideas here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Qanat#Tagging Any thoughts on it? Preferences? I realized it is not easy to make a distinction between canal and aqueduct, but we may assume that the latter is usually for drinking water or irrigation of

[Tagging] Pre-proposal: gambling

2013-09-27 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Dear all, There are currently various tags for gambling-related shops and amenities in use, including amenity=casino, shop=bookmaker, shop=betting, shop=lottery, and shop=gambling. See here for an overview of usage statistics: