Have just spotted this changeset whilst looking through changes near me?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/12837424
Why has Ford been depreciated? It is the correct definition, and the
word used on road signs.
A google search revealed this wiki page
I remember this happening, and it seemed like a Good Thing at the time,
although I had only mapped one ford.
It was suggested that highway=ford should be deprecated and replaced with
ford=yes.
So ford itself is not lost, it has moved from a value to become a key.
I like this approach. Do you
Why has Ford been depreciated? It is the correct definition, and the
word used on road signs.
A google search revealed this wiki page
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:ford
Why has it not been discussed in this mailing list where it will be seen
by someone who is not searching
On 25/08/12 14:49, Andrew Errington wrote:
I remember this happening, and it seemed like a Good Thing at the time,
although I had only mapped one ford.
It was suggested that highway=ford should be deprecated and replaced with
ford=yes.
So ford itself is not lost, it has moved from a
Philip Barnes wrote:
Have just spotted this changeset whilst looking through changes near me?
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/12837424
Why has Ford been depreciated? It is the correct definition, and the
word used on road signs.
I can see the point of changing highway=ford on
On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 21:49 +0900, Andrew Errington wrote:
I remember this happening, and it seemed like a Good Thing at the time,
although I had only mapped one ford.
It was suggested that highway=ford should be deprecated and replaced with
ford=yes.
So ford itself is not lost, it has
On 25/08/2012 14:23, SomeoneElse wrote:
I don't see any particular reason to actively change a highway=ford
node to ford=yes - it just looks like meaningless tagfiddling.
Because sometimes it isn't just a single node point crossing but a
length road. With highway=ford there was no way to tag
