Re: [Tagging] Boundary Relations. What's a subarea used for?

I consider them a significantly useful feature. They are used to indicate an administrative relationship. Because of exclaves/enclaves and the sometimes strange system in the UK a purely geometric approach would not always produce correct results. Use of "is_in" is very error-prone as it relie

Re: [Tagging] Boundary Relations. What's a subarea used for?

Hi, On 01/08/15 02:21, Dave F. wrote: > To me, subarea appears to be used in a similar way to the superseded > 'is_in' tag, For the same reasons that tag was deprecated, mathematics & > the admin_level tag can be used to determine if one polygon is inside > another. They seem to be purely extra

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:23 PM, johnw wrote: > As with everything in OSM - It’s based on it’s intended purpose - > commingled with what “feels right” to the mapper that is agreed upon or > verifiable to other mappers. Ain't that the truth! -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailan

Re: [Tagging] Boundary Relations. What's a subarea used for?

+1 from me. I believe the whole U.S. boundary relation actually contains all the state boundaries as subareas. I've never understood the use. I guess a couple of times it made downloading the state relations for editing easier but I have other ways of doing that... Toby On Jan 7, 2015 7:23 PM, "D

[Tagging] Boundary Relations. What's a subarea used for?

Hi This UK county boundary (admin level = 6): http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/57533#map=9/51.1854/-1.8237 contains nested boundary relations (tagged with role=subarea) with numerically higher admin levels: http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3410643#map=13/51.3398/-2.2428 Are they rel

Re: [Tagging] Defining genre for public bookcases

> Le 2015-01-07 à 09:11, Craig Wallace a écrit : > > I suggest keeping it simple, ie tag it as book:genre > > This tag could also be used for bookshops or libraries that specialise in a > particular genre. I like this idea a lot, thanks. I’ll try it on a few nodes in February when we will st

Re: [Tagging] Defining genre for public bookcases

On 2014-12-27 17:34, Guillaume Pratte wrote: This could give: literature:genre=science-fiction literature:genre=mystery literature:genre=cookbook literature:genre=comedy … What do you think? I think 'literature' is not the best word for this. Yes, literature can refer to any w

Re: [Tagging] Defining genre for public bookcases

> Le 2015-01-07 à 04:55, Pieren a écrit : > The wiki about public_bookcase has been validated by a public review > but hasn't been converted to the correct template: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/public_bookcase >

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

> On Jan 7, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: > > On 07.01.2015 04:55, John Willis wrote: >> What's the difference between an alley and a motorway besides width? > > A motorway starts with a motorway sign, at least in central Europe. > As with everything in OSM - It’s based on it’s

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

On 07/01/2015 11:42 am, "johnw" wrote: >> There are 544 uses of barrier=net, and I want to add it into the wiki. On 7 January 2015 at 05:50, Andrew Harvey wrote: > I've also used it to tag nets in the water used to provide swimming areas > safe from sharks. Andrew your case is more specialized

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

TLDR: consider fence_type=net I think that these huge nets on poles are barriers, then fences and then nets. So it fits well within barrier=fence. from wiki osm [1]: A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from

Re: [Tagging] Defining genre for public bookcases

On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Guillaume Pratte wrote: > What do you think? The wiki about public_bookcase has been validated by a public review but hasn't been converted to the correct template: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/public_bookcase Currently in OSM, we have 10

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

On 7 January 2015 at 09:00, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: > Will you base your wiki definition upon poodles? Post of the year! -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.op

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

On 07.01.2015 04:55, John Willis wrote: > What's the difference between an alley and a motorway besides width? A motorway starts with a motorway sign, at least in central Europe. > Something about a giant flowing net 5 stores tall visible for kilometers away > and a pice of netting used to hold