Re: [Tagging] Was barrier=jersey_barrier approved in a proposal?

2019-04-14 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 14/04/2019 10:56, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: Can anyone from England confirm that this tag is intelligible in your dialect? Are there other names for these that should be mentioned on the page? It's not in common non-trade use in the UK, but trade sites certainly use that name.  Maybe others

Re: [Tagging] What is the role of "role=guidepost"

2019-04-13 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 13/04/2019 23:37, Peter Elderson wrote: ... If a guidepost is part of a route, it is also part of a way so the point location is already in there. In my experience that's generally not the case - guideposts and route markers are usually added in there actual location (off to one side of

Re: [Tagging] What is the role of "role=guidepost"

2019-04-13 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 13/04/2019 09:52, Volker Schmidt wrote: I have only now detected this (optional?) role value in route relations. What's the purpose of this? Or put in other words: I have a node tagged with "information=guidepost". What is the difference between inserting it in a route relation with or

Re: [Tagging] musical_instrument tag for publicly available musical instruments

2018-04-29 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 29/04/2018 06:12, e1k wrote: ... a growing number of bars, train stations and or other public places have musical instruments around where i live (Amsterdam area), and i've started noticing and collecting these places, and would love to tag them in openstreetmap. use case: as a musician

Re: [Tagging] Manor tagging

2018-03-18 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 18/03/2018 21:55, Daniel Koć wrote: W dniu 17.03.2018 o 11:27, Andy Townsend pisze: Also "castle:type=manor" hasn't exactly troubled the scorers so far, has it? https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/castle:type=manor shows a grand total of _3_. Yes, that would be easy. =} But I was

Re: [Tagging] sidewalk unsuitable for wheelchair

2017-12-10 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 10/12/2017 17:55, Volker Schmidt wrote: * width:sidewalk= * width:sidewalk:left|right= taginfo suggests sidewalk:width is the more popular tag of the two options: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=sidewalk%3Awidth is currently at 152,

Re: [Tagging] Deprecating of leisure=common and leisure=village_green

2017-11-30 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 30/11/2017 22:45, Daniel Koć wrote: While making some cleaning in osm-carto we have found that leisure=common and leisure=village_green are probably not clear enough to show them any more. They both have deep roots in British law and history and are frequently misused, as far as I can tell.

Re: [Tagging] Restaurant that doesn't sell alcohol...

2017-04-10 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=byo Finds 3 "byo", 2 "byob" and there is also 1 "bring_your_own_wine" so there's not a huge precedent in OSM either way, but both BYO and BYOB are understood "as is" in English and probably more commonly used than the expanded version. It's similar

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Power pole extension

2017-02-12 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 12/02/2017 20:07, Mike Thompson wrote: Jherome, ... Having spent some time in the electrical industry (in the U.S.) my understanding is there is no such thing as "2 phase", only single phase and three phase. In terms of supply to premises, you're going to get single phase or

Re: [Tagging] Typo fix for tunnel=building_passage and how to proceed in the future

2016-09-10 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 10/09/2016 11:42, LeTopographeFou wrote: I've noticed several typo errors in tag values. I would like to fix them when it is obvious. let's try that again but without pressing "send" instead of "edit" :) In the case of "tunnel=buildig_passage" it's pretty obvious what the previous mapper

Re: [Tagging] Typo fix for tunnel=building_passage and how to proceed in the future

2016-09-10 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 10/09/2016 11:42, LeTopographeFou wrote: I've noticed several typo errors in tag values. I would like to fix them when it is obvious. In the case of "tunnel=buildig_passage" it's pretty obvious what the previous mapper meant. The only caveat I'd add (which you may only not have mentioned

Re: [Tagging] shop=marine RFC

2016-03-30 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 30/03/2016 22:35, John F. Eldredge wrote: In the 19th century, a chandler was someone who made and sold candles, and so there were many chandlers who didn't deal in nautical supplies. When did the meaning shift? A couple of explanations, and lots of links, here:

Re: [Tagging] Solar farms

2016-03-28 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 28/03/2016 01:29, François Lacombe wrote: Hi Dave, Indeed power=generator + generator:method=photovoltaic is definitely what you need. Just remember power=generator is intended for devices instead of facilities. In your case, power=generator should apply on individual photovoltaic modules

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Voting - Location transitions

2016-01-09 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 08/01/2016 23:09, François Lacombe wrote: Hi all, The vote vote session for the location transition proposal is now open. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Location_transitions As described, location:transition=yes may enable mappers to indicate the location of a feature

Re: [Tagging] Landuse=forestRY?

2015-12-26 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 27/12/2015 00:43, Warin wrote: Hi, The present multiple applications landuse=forest has me thinking that a new tag of landuse=forestry maybe best to focus this new tag onto a specific forest use - that of wood production. For info, I have used that (once!):

Re: [Tagging] Wi-Fi or internet access at Stores

2015-12-12 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 12/12/2015 06:35, Michał Brzozowski wrote: There's widely supported internet_access tag. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:internet_access Taginfo has 58k internet_access: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/internet_access Of which 33k are wlan:

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=culvert

2015-10-25 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 25/10/2015 10:55, Richard wrote: On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 07:29:02PM +0900, johnw wrote: the rail and road share an intersection. it is a level crossing. The whole point of a level crossing is to say “Hey!” the road and train meet here! that’s why they share the node. Which is exactly

Re: [Tagging] Proposed mechanical edit: surface=soil to surface=dirt

2015-08-31 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 31/08/2015 10:00, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: I plan to change surface=soil to surface=dirt. surface=soil is a clear duplicate of surface=dirt. Are you planning to contact the original mappers explaining why, if they're still using it, using the same tag to represent the same thing makes

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-03 Thread ajt1...@gmail.com
On 03/08/2015 11:30, johnw wrote: From all the history, it looks like path was made to show some kind of mixed use way that footway was not good at - for mapping useful but unpaved and irregular pathways - trails, tracks, etc. A guy was pushing for this as useful for horses, I think.