Re: [Tagging] Should greenhouse et al have building=yes? (was building=digester)

2016-05-21 Thread Martin Simon
If it's not a temporary structure (some greenhouses are only set up when they are needed), it should be tagged as building=greenhouse, imho. As Martin already noted, there are different types. Some are tent-like, some have a rigid steel structure that supports itself. Can I ask a silly question at

Re: [Tagging] Amenity=shelter for field shelter?

2013-02-06 Thread Martin Simon
-1 for tagging it as amenity=shelter. We also don't do that with carports, garden sheds or dog houses. The object tagged amenity=shelter should imho be intended and usable for sheltering humans against bad weather and be freely accessible. -Martin 2013/2/6 Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] Combo Weight Bridges

2011-01-12 Thread Martin Simon
2011/1/12 Peter Wendorff wendo...@uni-paderborn.de: Hi James. Here you see a typical double-sign at a German bridge: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WP_Burgtorbr%C3%BCcke.jpg As you can see, the distinction between oneway-traffic and two-way-traffic is usual here too. I assume the

Re: [Tagging] Using route=road to group the segments of a street (was: Re: Reasons for associatedStreet?)

2010-09-03 Thread Martin Simon
2010/9/1 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com: +1, e.g. it allows you to download and select the complete road with one command. But what's a road? All segments with the same name? Continuing Segments of the same road type or administrative class, even if other ways with the same name

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Culvert and average contributor

2010-08-27 Thread Martin Simon
2010/8/27 Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com: In those cases that are similar to bridges the road surface may change at the culvert. So just tag what's there: a different surface=* on the road. -Martin ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-15 Thread Martin Simon
2010/7/14 David ``Smith'' vidthe...@gmail.com: From: fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com Please have a look at motorroad=yes/no and show the differences between that and your proposals on the proposal-pages. I was not aware of this tag.  It's not significantly used in America. I took a look at

Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-15 Thread Martin Simon
2010/7/15 Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com: On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Martin Simon grenzde...@gmail.com wrote: I think a combination of motorroad=* and grade_seperated=* would do grade_separated please (ie with an a in the middle) Right

Re: [Tagging] Tagging churches that use non-church buildings.

2010-07-05 Thread Martin Simon
2010/7/5 Mark Pulley mrpul...@lizzy.com.au: I'm was planning to add a church to OSM - the only problem is that the church doesn't have its own building, but rather uses a school hall. I've asked the Australian mailing list for ideas, but I thought I should ask here if anyone here has any tips

Re: [Tagging] Tagging churches that use non-church buildings.

2010-07-05 Thread Martin Simon
2010/7/5 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: How many uses should we tag, what if it's mostly used for basketball 5 days of the week? What about school dances? Parent/Teacher meetings? Scouts? Well, from the description, this building has been used frequently and for a very long time as a

Re: [Tagging] Tagging churches that use non-church buildings.

2010-07-05 Thread Martin Simon
2010/7/5 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: I'm guessing most school halls would have a number of regular purposes... building=school_hall... ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] highway=motorway and motorroad (implies)

2010-06-10 Thread Martin Simon
2010/6/11 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com: good point actually. I think it would be better to tag these service areas as motorway_service instead of a simple service. That would make it a lot easier to see them if your on the motorway (-zoom level). (highway=service,

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-02 Thread Martin Simon
2010/6/2 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com: so simply tag it as place=town, what's the problem? No problem, as that is how it's tagged... Just wanted to point out that these criteria are not bad at all when deciding on how to tag a place in both, very crowded areas and those with only

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread Martin Simon
2010/6/1 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com: If you can read German I also suggest this one, which is not comparable to the English version: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadt How about this approach? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_place_theory German:

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread Martin Simon
2010/6/1 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: On 1 June 2010 19:41, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: why should we use a theory of spacial planning of the 1930ies that is loosing importance, and that is (as far as I understand it) less I think he was making a point about

Re: [Tagging] Proposed definition for cycleways

2010-01-06 Thread Martin Simon
2010/1/6, Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com: highway=path precisely fits your definition (in my mind) of narrowway. So, use highway=path + access tags. +1 highway=path is the long-existing and equally long misunderstood solution to this osm problem. I don't get why some people hate it so much