[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Place areas

2017-06-18 Thread Joachim
The mapping of settlements as place areas has long been hindered by several problems: * The usability of place=* polygons (huge closed ways, multipolygons) * The centre information would be lost * The extend of a settlement is not explicitly defined

Re: [Tagging] dispersed settlements / scattered settlements

2017-06-18 Thread Joachim
I agree that landuse should usually get no names. If a settlement has a name which is used only for administrative or postal purposes there is no need for a place=* feature, just use boundary=administrative/postal_code. If the dispersed settlement is perceived as an settlement (I'm living in...)

Re: [Tagging] fire hydrants

2017-06-18 Thread Robert Koch
Okay, I got the difference between the pillar hydrants. What about dry-hydrants where you need to pump water out of a river/pond. There is not a shutoff in the center of the bonnet. Formerly this [1] would have been: > fire_hydrant:type=pond > fire_hydrant:pressure=suction WIth the new proposal