Re: [Tagging] More tagging questions

2010-05-07 Thread Jonas Minnberg
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Craig Wallace wrote: > On 07/05/2010 21:09, Jonas Minnberg wrote: > > > > In Sweden we have special barriers in the ground that only larger > > vehicles can pass, meant to allow buses but not normal cars - is there a > > tag for such a thing or should I make one u

Re: [Tagging] More tagging questions

2010-05-07 Thread Liz
On Sat, 8 May 2010, Craig Wallace wrote: > barrier=bus_trap > it's listed on the Key:barrier page, but without any description. Though > I assume its for something like a bus trap, as described on Wikipedia: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_trap > they could be sump_buster - depends what the b

Re: [Tagging] More tagging questions

2010-05-07 Thread Craig Wallace
On 07/05/2010 21:09, Jonas Minnberg wrote: > > In Sweden we have special barriers in the ground that only larger > vehicles can pass, meant to allow buses but not normal cars - is there a > tag for such a thing or should I make one up? barrier=bus_trap it's listed on the Key:barrier page, but with

[Tagging] More tagging questions

2010-05-07 Thread Jonas Minnberg
In Sweden we have special barriers in the ground that only larger vehicles can pass, meant to allow buses but not normal cars - is there a tag for such a thing or should I make one up? Is there a a good way to define the area covered by school grounds? The examples and documentation about educatio

Re: [Tagging] Green areas that are not parks (revisited)

2010-05-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/5/7 "Petr Morávek [Xificurk]" : >>> * surface=grass, surface=lawn, surface=whatever - I don't like this >>> because what I really want to map is not that my neighbour has a lawn >>> behind his house, but the fact that there is a private "green" property >> >> >> add access=private? > > You mis

Re: [Tagging] Green areas that are not parks (revisited)

2010-05-07 Thread Petr Morávek [Xificurk]
M∡rtin Koppenhoefer napsal(a): > 2010/5/6 "Petr Morávek [Xificurk]" : >> To the proposed solutions in this thread: >> * highway=pedestrian, area=yes - It doesn't really make sense to me to >> tag private fenced and _green_ areas by highway tag. > > > sure, for green areas it isn't, for paved ones

Re: [Tagging] Scales / weigh stations

2010-05-07 Thread Liz
On Fri, 7 May 2010, John Smith wrote: > On 7 May 2010 15:54, Alan Mintz wrote: > > Periodically along US highways, there are giant scales for trucks to get > > a weight certificate to comply with various laws. How should these be > > tagged? How about: > > > > highway=motorway_link for the ramps l

Re: [Tagging] tagging for discount stores in US

2010-05-07 Thread John Smith
On 7 May 2010 18:15, Stephen Hope wrote: > Hmm, to me there are three levels. Isn't the english language wonderful, you ask people from different natively speaking english backgrounds what something means and you end up with almost a different answer each time, although I'm guessing this problem

Re: [Tagging] tagging for discount stores in US

2010-05-07 Thread Stephen Hope
Hmm, to me there are three levels. Crazy Clarks is bargain/discount Target, KMart are downmarket DJ's etc are upmarket How should we tag a factory outlet type store that sell's upmarket stuff at lower prices? I can easily find stores that sell every product at a very reduced price, but still don

Re: [Tagging] Green areas that are not parks (revisited)

2010-05-07 Thread Erik Johansson
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Jonas Minnberg wrote: >> >> That is what I like about it - when all I can find out about an area is that >> is green and lies in between buildings, "yard" is an appropriately vague >> word. > > You say you onl