Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-05-28 Thread Simone Saviolo
2010/5/27 Roy Wallace waldo000...@gmail.com: Consider the highway=* tag, which has come to refer to the importance of the highway for the road grid. Compare this to Simone's suggestion that the place=* tag should refer to an idea about the urban texture of the country. Very similar ideas. If

Re: [Tagging] highway=services

2010-05-28 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 28.05.2010 03:05, John Smith: On 28 May 2010 09:58, Craig Wallacecraig...@fastmail.fm wrote: Some of them are also mapped with a short way tagged as highway=service (not highway=services !), to connect it to the main road. highway=service is already used to indicate a type of

Re: [Tagging] What is a marina?

2010-05-28 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/5/28 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com: When tagging an area leisure=marina, do you include: - just the area on water - the water and the immediate area around it (ie, slipways, mooring points etc) - facilities like boat storage I would include all of these. Probably this is a use

Re: [Tagging] highway=services

2010-05-28 Thread John Smith
On 28 May 2010 21:43, Liz ed...@billiau.net wrote: This points out a serious problem with the highway=services tag it is only one letter different from a very different tag. John Smith will shoot me down, but this could be an amenity tag amenity=highway_services Or just extend the existing

Re: [Tagging] highway=services

2010-05-28 Thread John Smith
On 28 May 2010 22:19, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: lots of ways to do this: toilets=yes food=yes vending=yes fuel=yes although in a large service area with food and fuel, you'd probably just map them in as POIs in the conventional way. same for parking, we have a normal

[Tagging] Tag values to use for a vehicle registration office

2010-05-28 Thread John F. Eldredge
What tags would you suggest using for a local government office where you would register a motor vehicle and get license plates? I know I could use government=office and name=County Clerk, but I was wondering if there was anything more specific. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com

Re: [Tagging] Tag values to use for a vehicle registration office

2010-05-28 Thread John Smith
On 29 May 2010 01:34, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: What tags would you suggest using for a local government office where you would register a motor vehicle and get license plates? I know I could use government=office and name=County Clerk, but I was wondering if there was

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-05-28 Thread sylvain letuffe
Simone Saviolo wrote: No, you got it wrong. We didn't create a list of cities so that Mapnik showed the labels, but we created a list of cities because *those* *are* the cities in Italy. So every città in Italy is tagged place=city ? So you can have a 1 to 1 cittàcity ? So all this are

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-05-28 Thread Cartinus
On Friday 28 May 2010 13:16:30 sly (sylvain letuffe) wrote: On jeudi 27 mai 2010, Roy Wallace wrote: I like your motivation. But maybe it's not necessary. Using population=* achieves the same goal. Yes it does, and it does much more precisely, this is the utimate solution. Unfortunetly,

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - traffic jam warning

2010-05-28 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Martin Bober mar...@bdd-music.de wrote: Hi folks, I have filled in a proposal for a tag indicating a high risk of traffic jams and would like to hear your comments. Nicely put together proposal with examples - good work. BUT jam=yes is not verifiable.

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-05-28 Thread Roy Wallace
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:16 PM, sly (sylvain letuffe) li...@letuffe.org wrote: The problem I see with actual place usage is that it is not standardazided world wide and serves merly for writing a label on a map. It makes it quite hard for newcomers to guess in wich case they should use wich

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - traffic jam warning

2010-05-28 Thread Martin Bober
jam=yes is not allways impossible to verify. There actually are some permanently installed warning signs here in Germany. Although I have to admit that most of these signs are temporary (for example due to construction works - in which case they might also be valuable for the map) or on demand

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - traffic jam warning

2010-05-28 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Martin Bober mar...@bdd-music.de wrote: jam=yes is not allways impossible to verify. I guess it's arguable. If this does go ahead, I'd at least suggest a more descriptive tag, like traffic_jam:expected:daily=yes, or traffic_jam:warning_sign=yes.

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - traffic jam warning

2010-05-28 Thread Cartinus
On Saturday 29 May 2010 00:42:14 Martin Bober wrote: I might add that you have to expect these jams on a daily basis to qualify for this tag. I would rather say on most normal workdays in stead of daily. -- m.v.g., Cartinus ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - traffic jam warning

2010-05-28 Thread John F. Eldredge
True. Most traffic jams are at rush hour, although special events such as concerts tend to produce them also. I know of a few locations near my home that have traffic jams all day, every day, because of geographical features that cause congestion. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - traffic jam warning

2010-05-28 Thread John Smith
On 29 May 2010 12:10, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: True. Most traffic jams are at rush hour, although special events such as concerts tend to produce them also. I know of a few locations near my home that have traffic jams all day, every day, because of geographical features