Re: [Tagging] surface earth vs ground vs dirt

2016-04-14 Thread Viking
Well, then we need a more precise definition on the wiki. It is confusing to have "probably very similar to..." and "duplicate of...". You admit that "the meaning of these terms varies widely depending on who you ask and which country you're mapping": this is against the interpretation and

Re: [Tagging] surface earth vs ground vs dirt

2016-04-12 Thread Dave Swarthout
As usual, the meaning of these terms varies widely depending on who you ask and which country you're mapping. To me, unpaved covers all of the cases where there is no pavement present. That is, it includes roads with a surface of dirt, gravel, grass, etc. I consider "unpaved" to be the top

Re: [Tagging] surface earth vs ground vs dirt

2016-04-12 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 04/12/2016 08:29 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: ground is a synonym for [..] without man made coating As I tag heavily with surface=ground, this is indeed my definition. I use that when I tag from orbital imagery, when I'm certain that there is no man-made coating but I can't distinguish

Re: [Tagging] surface earth vs ground vs dirt

2016-04-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > Am 12.04.2016 um 17:43 schrieb Viking : > > What’s about bringing surface=ground, surface=dirt and surface=earth to the > unique and most used tag surface=ground, as discussed here [1]? as also discussed previously, there is slightly different meaning:

Re: [Tagging] surface earth vs ground vs dirt

2016-04-12 Thread Chris Hill
On 12/04/16 16:43, Viking wrote: Hello. What’s about bringing surface=ground, surface=dirt and surface=earth to the unique and most used tag surface=ground, as discussed here [1]? Too few distinctions, too much confusion. And it has been already discussed in this mailing list [2]. So,

[Tagging] surface earth vs ground vs dirt

2016-04-12 Thread Viking
Hello. What's about bringing surface=ground, surface=dirt and surface=earth to the unique and most used tag surface=ground, as discussed here [1]? Too few distinctions, too much confusion. And it has been already discussed in this mailing list [2]. So, should we start a votation, or is there a