[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - default layer value for bridge and tunnel

2011-01-17 Thread Canabis
Hi all Voting on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/default_layer_for_bridge_and_tunnelwas been started on 11.01.2011. I was sent messages to this mailling list 15.12.2010 about start RFC and 11.01.2011 about start voting. Messages had to go through after being moderated because

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - default layer value for bridge and tunnel

2011-01-17 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Canabis wrote: I didn't recieved notification of block of messages. I relied on the phrase in the auto answer: Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive notification of the moderator's decision. Unfortunately the amount of spam postings and cross-postings from

[Tagging] Fwd: Feature Proposal - Voting - default layer value for bridge and tunnel

2011-01-17 Thread Canabis
Canabis wrote: * I didn't recieved notification of block of messages. I relied ** on the phrase in the auto answer: Either the message will ** get posted to the list, or you will receive notification of the ** moderator's decision. * Unfortunately the amount of spam postings and

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Scuba diving (Shop or spot)

2011-01-17 Thread eMerzh
Hi, Thanks Robert for your corrections and comments :) personnaly i think that multiple value are harder to read, to compute and to search it's the reason why i chose this... now that you tell me this i'm bit confused not sure which one to choose... what others are thinking? Thanks for your

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate

2011-01-17 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: The question is, what else would go there? Flood gates don't belong there - that's the *usage* of the gate, not the *type* of gate. From a technical perspective you may be right, but practically speaking, we should design

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate

2011-01-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: The question is, what else would go there? Flood gates don't belong there - that's the *usage* of the gate, not the *type* of gate. From a technical

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate

2011-01-17 Thread Paul Norman
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: The question is, what else would go there? Flood gates don't belong there - that's the *usage* of the gate, not the *type* of gate. From a technical perspective you may be right, but practically speaking, we should design

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate

2011-01-17 Thread Steve Bennett
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On the other hand, what if one knows that there's a gate but not its purpose (for instance, when mapping drainage canals through swampy areas)? Indeed. How to cater for both situations? Steve

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate

2011-01-17 Thread John Smith
On 18 January 2011 09:18, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: waterway=flood_gate flood_gate=sluice_gate ...is more usable for non-techie nerds than something like: waterway=flow_control flow_control=sluice_gate usage=flood_gate So why do we use highway=* for even small tracks? -1

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate

2011-01-17 Thread Steve Bennett
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:19 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: So why do we use highway=* for even small tracks? The tagging system as a whole will never be entirely consistent, or even operate on consistent principles. The best we can do is fix small chunks at a time, and make

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate

2011-01-17 Thread John Smith
On 18 January 2011 16:13, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:19 PM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: So why do we use highway=* for even small tracks? The tagging system as a whole will never be entirely consistent, or even operate on consistent