[Tagging] [OSM-talk] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path, footway, trail?

2010-08-26 Thread Lauri Kytömaa
It's not detailled enough. A path is too narrow for a 4 wheels vehicle like a car but not for a 2 wheels vehicle like a moped or a motorbike (or no While that is often true, the criteria goes the other way: - if the way is too narrow to fit a car (hey, my summer car is only 1.48 m wide) or a t

Re: [Tagging] sidewalks

2010-08-26 Thread lkytomaa
contra arguments: - renderers possibly render more than one name for one street. To solve that It's not (only) a rendering issue. The name of the road is "Foo street", but the sidewalk doesn't have a name of its own; it shouldn't be named. If people feel it's necessary to "tie" it to a specific

Re: [Tagging] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path, footway, trail?

2010-08-26 Thread lkytomaa
> That is not how it is described in the wiki: Then the wiki is wrong. I agree with Cartinus here: the wiki is wrong. Path is not necessary for non-motorized vehicles. Highway=path alone, with no access tags at all tells nothing more than "not for anything motorized". It doesn't say anything ab

Re: [Tagging] sidewalks

2010-08-26 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi Tobias. On 26.08.2010 23:52, Tobias Knerr wrote: On 26.08.2010 22:25, Peter Wendorff wrote: My approach would be - and I would like to get your opinions on that: - a sidewalk is tagged like every other footway highway=footway|path (foot=yes) (segregated=yes|no) footway=sidew

Re: [Tagging] sidewalks

2010-08-26 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 26.08.2010 22:25, Peter Wendorff wrote: > My approach would be - and I would like to get your opinions on that: > - a sidewalk is tagged like every other footway >highway=footway|path >(foot=yes) >(segregated=yes|no) >footway=sidewalk >name=NAME-OF-STREET I understand why yo

Re: [Tagging] sidewalks

2010-08-26 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi David. Thanks for your reply - I'll comment your (shortened) mail in between. On 26.08.2010 22:47, David ``Smith'' wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Peter Wendorff wrote: Makes sense to me. You might consider one minor modification, though: maybe we could add a couple of disambiguat

Re: [Tagging] sidewalks

2010-08-26 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/8/26 Peter Wendorff : > awaiting your comments Have a look at the proposed area-relation (if you have questions - the proposal is halfway finished - feel free to raise them, I have some more ideas / clarifications I didn't yet write down). I would then map the sidewalk at the "outer" border

Re: [Tagging] Intermittent water

2010-08-26 Thread Samat K Jain
On Thursday, August 26, 2010 02:29:01 pm, Bégin, Daniel wrote: > Since last year I have been working with the Canadian Osm community to have > the entire Canadian 50K map content (Canvec product) available in .osm format. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec > > The product is now avail

Re: [Tagging] sidewalks

2010-08-26 Thread David ``Smith''
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Peter Wendorff wrote: > My approach would be - and I would like to get your opinions on that: > - a sidewalk is tagged like every other footway >   highway=footway|path >   (foot=yes) >   (segregated=yes|no) >   footway=sidewalk >   name=NAME-OF-STREET > > contra a

Re: [Tagging] Intermittent water

2010-08-26 Thread Cartinus
On Thursday 26 August 2010 22:29:01 Bégin, Daniel wrote: > Can we still have discussion about that and have it approved - even if it > is a bit late ?-) If it is in use by a significant number of mappers then it is approved, no matter what the wiki says. -- m.v.g., Cartinus ___

[Tagging] Intermittent water

2010-08-26 Thread Bégin , Daniel
Hi folks, Since last year I have been working with the Canadian Osm community to have the entire Canadian 50K map content (Canvec product) available in .osm format. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/CanVec The product is now available and is being uploaded in osm database by the Canadian comm

[Tagging] sidewalks

2010-08-26 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi. I'm new to this list, so at first let me introduce myself in a few words. I'm Peter and a student in computer science at the university of Paderborn, Germany. Currently I write my bachelor thesis about navigation for the blind based on OpenStreetmap data. In that context I try to figure out

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path, footway, trail?

2010-08-26 Thread John F. Eldredge
Snowmobiles are generally about one meter or so wide (the rider sits astride them, as on a motorcycle), can't be used on a surface that isn't covered with snow or ice, and don't technically require a trail. However, many areas discourage or forbid off-trail usage because of damage to vegetation

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Tagging Scheme Recommendations: highway=path, footway, trail?

2010-08-26 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/8/26 Pieren : > n Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Cartinus wrote: >> On Thursday 26 August 2010 12:34:26 Maarten Deen wrote: >> > That is not how it is described in the wiki: >> Then the wiki is wrong. I agree with Cartinus here: the wiki is wrong. Path is not necessary for non-motorized vehic

Re: [Tagging] RFC: generator:* (for power=generator features)

2010-08-26 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/8/26 Tom Chance : >> The word 'generator:' is better than 'power:', but it is still not >> easy for me to tag a heating (only) station with power=generator. >> Which rating should be tagged if it is a cogenerating plant? >> Electricity only? Heat and Electricity? > > That's a good point. It k

Re: [Tagging] RFC: generator:* (for power=generator features)

2010-08-26 Thread Tom Chance
Thank you for these comments, André, I have updated the wiki page with some amendments: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/generator_rationalisation On 26 August 2010 13:43, André Riedel wrote: > The word 'generator:' is better than 'power:', but it is still not > easy for me t

Re: [Tagging] RFC: generator:* (for power=generator features)

2010-08-26 Thread André Riedel
2010/8/26 Tom Chance : > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/generator_rationalisation > The aim is to provide a flexible framework to encompass: > > This should allow us to distinguish between a solar photovoltaic panel > producing electricity and a solar thermal panel producing h

[Tagging] RFC: generator:* (for power=generator features)

2010-08-26 Thread Tom Chance
Hello, Following all of the useful feedback on this list and the wiki, I have rolled together my proposals into one page. This proposes a new set of tags under "generator:*=" to specify the kind of power generator. It rolls together several proposed new tags, and changes to existing tags. The ai

[Tagging] RFC - Via ferrata

2010-08-26 Thread sly (sylvain letuffe)
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/via_ferrata -- sly Sylvain Letuffe li...@letuffe.org qui suis-je : http://slyserv.dyndns.org ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging