Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting (reminder) - Jewellery shop

You are making a mountain out of a molehill, IMO. If the so called American variant is the one most used, I see no point in changing it. Besides, language is constantly evolving, often in the interest of making words simpler, and perhaps it's time for the needless double "L" in jewellry to bid a fo

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting (reminder) - Jewellery shop

You are making a mountain out of a molehill, IMO. If the so called American variant is the one most used, I see no point in changing it. Besides, language is constantly evolving, often in the interest of making words simpler, and perhaps it's time for the needless double "L" in jewellry to bid a fo

Re: [Tagging] path=hiking in use

> On Feb 16, 2016, at 4:20 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: > > or they're using motocross motorcycles... > A path doesn't prohibit motor vehicle use by default, a footway does. Many > shepherds in remote areas are using motorcycles I always think of ranchers on quads. Anyways, Trail is th

Re: [Tagging] path=hiking in use

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 08:20:16PM +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > Am 14.02.2016 um 12:22 schrieb Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > > > > The forestry workers, fire wardens, etc would be 'hiking' ... unless it is > > wide enough for a vehicle .. in which case hig

Re: [Tagging] path=hiking in use

sent from a phone > Am 14.02.2016 um 12:22 schrieb Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > > The forestry workers, fire wardens, etc would be 'hiking' ... unless it is > wide enough for a vehicle .. in which case highway=track would be a better > tag. or they're using motocross motorcycles... A p

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2016년 02월 15일 12:26, Craig Wallace wrote: > On 2016-02-15 09:52, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> >> 2016-02-15 10:36 GMT+01:00 Steve Doerr > >: >> >> So, in my opinion, are the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum: were >>

Re: [Tagging] Confectionery shops

W dniu 15.02.2016 1:39, Matthijs Melissen napisał(a): Dear all, Currently, we have the following confectionery related tags: * shop=confectionery (12045 instances) * shop=chocolate (730 instances) * shop=pastry (708 instances) How should we tag a shop selling cakes? A shops selling croissants

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

2016-02-15 11:04 GMT+01:00 Matthijs Melissen : > The Van Gogh museum only displays paintings. their webpage says it does also display drawings and letters. Cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

On 2016-02-15 09:52, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2016-02-15 10:36 GMT+01:00 Steve Doerr mailto:doerr.step...@gmail.com>>: So, in my opinion, are the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum: were it not for the element 'museum' in their names, we would think of these as art galleries, not mus

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

> Op 15 feb. 2016, om 11:04 heeft Matthijs Melissen > het volgende geschreven: > > On 15 February 2016 at 10:52, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: >> Maybe the Van Gogh Museum >> does deal with van Gogh's life and not just with his work, what would >> explain the term museum for this. > > The Van

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Government offices

2016-02-15 11:48 GMT+01:00 Matthijs Melissen : > Anyway I don't think this will lead to significant problems in > practice, so I don't really see a need to change the proposal. > OK, there are also other issues: 1. the proposal seems to suggest that there is only one "main seat" of a ministry, b

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Government offices

On 15 February 2016 at 11:41, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > 2016-02-15 11:11 GMT+01:00 Matthijs Melissen : >> >> Basically you are saying that the English term matches the definition >> correctly, but that there exists a near-synonym in Germany that does >> not match the definition. I don't think

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Government offices

2016-02-15 11:11 GMT+01:00 Matthijs Melissen : > Basically you are saying that the English term matches the definition > correctly, but that there exists a near-synonym in Germany that does > not match the definition. I don't think that's enough reason to change > the tag (or its definition). >

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Government offices

On 15 February 2016 at 10:48, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > What I don't like in the new tag, and what was already mentioned several > times in previous discussions, is that you still insist on using the term > "government" for apparently all kind of public entities, be it executive, > legislative

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

On 15 February 2016 at 10:52, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Maybe the Van Gogh Museum > does deal with van Gogh's life and not just with his work, what would > explain the term museum for this. The Van Gogh museum only displays paintings. -- Matthijs _

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

2016-02-15 10:36 GMT+01:00 Steve Doerr : > So, in my opinion, are the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum: were it not > for the element 'museum' in their names, we would think of these as art > galleries, not museums. I'm not sure for the Van Gogh Museum, but I am sure for the Rijksmuseum (because

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Government offices

2016-02-15 9:46 GMT+01:00 Matthijs Melissen : > From the proposal: > > | The tag office=administrative is used in some countries for local > government offices. > | However, the tag is poorly chosen as the term 'administrative' does > not automatically > | excludes national government, nor does th

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

On 15/02/2016 08:34, Max wrote: On 2016년 02월 15일 02:03, Warin wrote: To me a 'gallery' is a place that displays art .. not sells it. So Have you followed the two threads of discussion at all before sending this? I agree with Warin (and the OED note I quoted before): in British English, a

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Government offices

On 15 February 2016 at 09:10, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > why does a proposal for office=government discourage the tag > office=administrative? From the proposal: | The tag office=administrative is used in some countries for local government offices. | However, the tag is poorly chosen as the

Re: [Tagging] Galleries versus art shops

On 2016년 02월 15일 02:03, Warin wrote: > To me a 'gallery' is a place that displays art .. not sells it. So Have you followed the two threads of discussion at all before sending this? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.ope

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Government offices

sent from a phone > Am 15.02.2016 um 00:39 schrieb Matthijs Melissen : > > Voting for the proposal for office=government is now open. The > proposal also proposes to mark the alternatives > amenity=public_building and office=administrative as 'discouraged'. why does a proposal for office=gove