Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-09 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Wednesday 09 July 2014, Daniel Koć wrote: [...] It's just my beginnings there, so I'll wait some time before saying anything conclusive, but for now I'm very surprised how the low hanging fruit can be not picked for so long without anybody noticing it, even if all the code is already

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-09 Thread Matthijs Melissen
Thanks for starting this discussion. Personally I think it makes sense to define different types of peaks in the data. It would solve the problem we have now, where tiny hillocks are rendered just like huge mountains. On 8 July 2014 15:14, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: The

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-09 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 9 July 2014 00:05, Daniel Koć dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl wrote: W dniu 08.07.2014 20:04, yvecai napisał(a): However, if rendering is an interesting topic, wiki is full of rendering examples and advices that aren't followed anywhere. Let the You don't even realize how sad is this observation for

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-09 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 9 July 2014 02:56, Daniel Koć dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl wrote: but for now I'm very surprised how the low hanging fruit can be not picked for so long without anybody noticing it, even if all the code is already waiting to be merged ( https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/705

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-09 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-07-09 13:39 GMT+02:00 Christoph Hormann chris_horm...@gmx.de: In general a good tagging scheme should stand alone and not be designed specifically for a certain rendering. To this aim it is quite good not to have a too close connection between tagging and rendering. +1. These are

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-09 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 09.07.2014 17:01, Martin Koppenhoefer napisał(a): +1. These are really two different aspects, because the tagging has the aim to give a short, detailed, precise, specific description of something (and so allows distinction from something different). And then sometimes you end up with

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-09 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-07-09 18:51 GMT+02:00 Daniel Koć dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl: And then sometimes you end up with rendering problem because of lack of enough distinction in the tagging (they are by your definition not what they really should be), and what than? I would get back to tagging studio and think if

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Daniel Koć
Hi, I just made the proposal page for discussion about enhancing natural=peak tag: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/peak This is my first attempt to define OSM features. *** BTW - my mail was awaiting for admin approval too long, so I canceled it and now I post it

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-07-08 15:59 GMT+02:00 Daniel Koć dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl: I just made the proposal page for discussion about enhancing natural=peak tag: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/peak This is my first attempt to define OSM features. I am not sure this is something we'd want

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread fly
Am 08.07.2014 17:06, schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: 2014-07-08 15:59 GMT+02:00 Daniel Koć dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl mailto:dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl: I just made the proposal page for discussion about enhancing natural=peak tag:

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread fly
Am 08.07.2014 17:52, schrieb fly: Am 08.07.2014 17:06, schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: 2014-07-08 15:59 GMT+02:00 Daniel Koć dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl mailto:dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl: I just made the proposal page for discussion about enhancing natural=peak tag:

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 08.07.2014 16:14, SomeoneElse napisał(a): Currently taginfo suggests almost no usage of peak like this http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/peak#values Yes, but that's exactly where the problem is: I think people are simply cheating now. =} They see no other peak tags in wiki, so

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Tuesday 08 July 2014, fly wrote: Sorry forgot the links: [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_prominence [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_isolation http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/key:prominence This can be calculated automatically in principle

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread yvecai
Calculating relief features from a DEM is doable. Naming them is not. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread yvecai
This proposal is not a bad idea: refining an existing tag can't do no harm. However, if rendering is an interesting topic, wiki is full of rendering examples and advices that aren't followed anywhere. Let the renderer render and the cartographer style the map, and trust them to understand

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 08.07.2014 18:50, Martin Koppenhoefer napisał(a): the tag, i.e. I would deliberately choose natural=peak for all kind of peaks and hilltops regardless their (geological) history. If someone took off some stones from a natural peak it would become a man made peak for you and you'd tag it

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 08.07.2014 20:25, Martin Koppenhoefer napisał(a): I agree, man_made=mound isn't a bad idea. Great, feel free to make such amendments! My original proposition is rather wide, since I'm not familiar with many types of terrain objects and don't want to pretend I get the whole picture.

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 08.07.2014 20:04, yvecai napisał(a): However, if rendering is an interesting topic, wiki is full of rendering examples and advices that aren't followed anywhere. Let the You don't even realize how sad is this observation for me... What is the role of writing documentation than - and

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread John Packer
Daniel, I don't know about standardization of rendering, but I would say the advice on the wiki is followed by OSM mappers much more often than some veterans think. 2014-07-08 20:05 GMT-03:00 Daniel Koć dan...@xn--ko-wla.pl: W dniu 08.07.2014 20:04, yvecai napisał(a): However, if

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Enhancing natural=peak tag

2014-07-08 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 09.07.2014 2:56, John Packer napisał(a): Daniel, I don't know about standardization of rendering, but I would say the advice on the wiki is followed by OSM mappers much more often than some veterans think. Still there are some notable cases when they're not. I wouldn't be interested in