Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-22 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 22, 2015, at 4:03 PM, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > ships > or castles are common in Europe, its the theme, and it would be good to > separate that > from the functional category. I guess that is a good way to look at it. > BTW, 'mountain' is a bit misleading in the e

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-22 Thread Tom Pfeifer
John Willis wrote on 2015-07-22 03:47: On Jul 21, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Tom Pfeifer wrote: I would prefer to have that in the playground:theme=* tag, thus playground=structure and playground:theme=octopus_mountain|ship|castle|dungeon|etc If they were a one-off, yea, but they are a named playgrou

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-21 Thread John Willis
> On Jul 21, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > I would prefer to have that in the playground:theme=* tag, > thus playground=structure and > playground:theme=octopus_mountain|ship|castle|dungeon|etc If they were a one-off, yea, but they are a named playground item here (like climbing hi

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-21 Thread John Willis
Im referring to the base platforms that make up the "uninteresting" part of a large playground piece. The other things are usually attached to it. Maybe it has a ladder or steps on one side, but it is the mundane part - the structure. The slide, rope bridge, zip line, etc are all bolted on the s

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 21.07.2015 um 03:17 schrieb John Willis : > > It is probably not practical to tag the stairs, ladders, platforms, holes, > and other access points that make up the center core of large playground > structures, why not? It is the way to go for me, if I am to add more d

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Tom Pfeifer
John Willis wrote on 2015-07-21 02:14: On Jul 21, 2015, at 4:01 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: I think this is ok, if these are indeed japan specific, but I'd add a namespace like this: playground=jp:tako_no_yama so if I was tagging it in english it would be playground=octopus_mountain Or i

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread John Willis
> On Jul 21, 2015, at 3:56 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: > > This is almost not more information than without it I think that is untrue. If this were building=yes, then it really doesn't give a clue what the structure is. But in the playground key, every element is a separate playgrou

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread John Willis
> On Jul 21, 2015, at 4:01 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: > > I think this is ok, if these are indeed japan specific, but I'd add a > namespace like this: > > playground=jp:tako_no_yama so if I was tagging it in english it would be playground=octopus_mountain Or in Japanese plaground=jp:た

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Martin Koppenhoefer wrote on 2015-07-20 20:56: Am 20.07.2015 um 12:14 schrieb Marc Gemis : I was waiting for some more reactions, but for now playground=structure seems the best value for me. this is almost not more information than without it, all playgrounds will have some kind of playing st

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 20.07.2015 um 12:09 schrieb Tom Pfeifer : > > Andy Mabbett wrote on 2015-07-20 00:44:> On 19 July 2015 at 15:37, > > I would just tag as "playground=climbingframe" with "material=wood". > > I tend to disagree here since climbingframe is one of the specific elements. > Ma

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 20.07.2015 um 00:46 schrieb John Willis : > > Playground=tako_no_yama I think this is ok, if these are indeed japan specific, but I'd add a namespace like this: playground=jp:tako_no_yama cheers Martin ___ Tagging mailin

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 20.07.2015 um 12:14 schrieb Marc Gemis : > > I was waiting for some more reactions, but for now playground=structure seems > the best value for me. this is almost not more information than without it, all playgrounds will have some kind of playing structure- unless it

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Marc Gemis
Any of the pictures from my original mail can be used. They are mine and I can upload them to commons wikimedia. regards m On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > Marc Gemis wrote on 2015-07-20 12:14: > >> I was waiting for some more reactions, but for now playground=structure >

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Marc Gemis wrote on 2015-07-20 12:14: I was waiting for some more reactions, but for now playground=structure seems the best value for me. ... Is it OK to add this with a picture to the wikipage ? Fine for me. You might add that rather high in the example list, I'd say. Do you have a CC-com

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Marc Gemis
I was waiting for some more reactions, but for now playground=structure seems the best value for me. And I leave the more detailed mapping of the individual parts to someone else for now, someone with better pictures, aerial images or GPS waypoints. I'll add the material=wood Is it OK to add this

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-20 Thread Tom Pfeifer
John Willis wrote on 2015-07-20 00:35: Because it is under the playground tag, just "structure" should be fine. Structure might be a good value for a large piece, if the other pieces > (bridges, slides, climbing nets, etc) are large enough to be mappable > (like a very large installation at a p

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-19 Thread John Willis
A lot of playground equipment has a theme, especially old ones. Concrete octopuses that you climb and and one of his tentacles is a slide is common (in old playgrounds) here in Japan. They are so common, they should have a value (and maybe an icon 🐙 Playground=tako_no_yama) I think it would do

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 19 July 2015 at 15:37, Marc Gemis wrote: > I have a problem to properly tag tag wooden constructions that typically > consists of platforms, towers, bridges, ropes, etc. I would just tag as "playground=climbingframe" with "material=wood". -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-19 Thread John Willis
Because it is under the playground tag, just "structure" should be fine. Structure might be a good value for a large piece, if the other pieces (bridges, slides, climbing nets, etc) are large enough to be mappable (like a very large installation at a park). If it is really small with a small s

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 19.07.2015 um 22:36 schrieb Tom Pfeifer : > > Probably something with .*combination.* or multi.* ? > Or, checking some manufacturer's websites, I found > "play system" > "playstructure" > "play combination" " > "play castle/village" > "play installation" > > Playstructur

Re: [Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-19 Thread Tom Pfeifer
I assume you are using the playground=* key already, just looking for a proper value for these kind of devices? Probably something with .*combination.* or multi.* ? Or, checking some manufacturer's websites, I found "play system" "playstructure" "play combination" " "play castle/village" "play in

[Tagging] Playground equipment

2015-07-19 Thread Marc Gemis
I recently started tagging the playground equipment in the parks in the neighborhood. I have a problem to properly tag tag wooden constructions that typically consists of platforms, towers, bridges, ropes, etc. e.g. http://xian.smugmug.com/OSM/OSM-2015/2015-07-19-Rivierenhof/i-JCHh86F/A http://x