Re: [Tagging] Basic philosophy of OSM tagging

2015-01-13 Thread David Bannon
On Wed, 2015-01-14 at 11:28 +1100, Warin wrote: What is the basic philosophy of OSM tagging at the top level? Are 'we' tagging for What things are? eg highways OR What things are used for? eg amenity I think its a very good question Warin. Perhaps, at the hart of much angst amongst OSM'ers.

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Voting - Water tap

2015-01-13 Thread fly
Am 13.01.2015 um 17:17 schrieb François Lacombe: 2015-01-13 16:17 GMT+01:00 Kotya Karapetyan kotya.li...@gmail.com mailto:kotya.li...@gmail.com: I vote yes but this will automatically need a refinement. Have you also voted at

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

2015-01-13 Thread fly
I mostly met them on tennis courts. For my common understanding, I would be able to break through a net with a sharp knife while I would struggle to do so with a fence. This would still fit with material=* but isn't there a difference in construction between fence and net where the first is free

Re: [Tagging] Basic philosophy of OSM tagging

2015-01-13 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 01/14/2015 01:28 AM, Warin wrote: What is the basic philosophy of OSM tagging at the top level? There is no basic philosophy at the top level from which everything else can be derived. It's like evolution - some things are a bit strange but you can often understand them by looking at how

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

2015-01-13 Thread Andrew Harvey
On 07/01/2015 9:29 pm, althio althio althio.fo...@gmail.com wrote: Andrew your case is more specialized so I feel barrier=net is lacking. How about barrier=fence fence_type=shark_net Sounds good with me. I'll re-tag the ones I've tagged. ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] religion=multi* ?

2015-01-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-01-13 11:44 GMT+01:00 althio althio althio.fo...@gmail.com: Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: religion=multi looks OK to me, the similarity to sport makes it easier to remember than religion=all (and it is very likely more accurate, as all is too inclusive I guess).

[Tagging] Basic philosophy of OSM tagging

2015-01-13 Thread Warin
This comes from the tap discussion but has implications elsewhere. What is the basic philosophy of OSM tagging at the top level? Are 'we' tagging for What things are? eg highways OR What things are used for? eg amenity Explanation? By example; Highways are used

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

2015-01-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-01-13 6:09 GMT+01:00 Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org: On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 9:55 PM, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: What's the difference between an alley and a motorway besides width? How it drains, how thick the hard surface is, lane width, paved shoulders, buildings not

Re: [Tagging] kind of a shop=ticket

2015-01-13 Thread k4r573n
I created a feature proposal on this topic https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ticket_type I'm happy to get your feedback Karsten On 12.01.2015 10:48, althio althio wrote: This is very related to amenity=vending_machine (taginfo = 54 000) with its associated key:

Re: [Tagging] religion=multi* ?

2015-01-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-01-12 21:59 GMT+01:00 althio althio althio.fo...@gmail.com: I think they are definitively for worshiping and prayers. amenity=place_of_worship is pretty clear for me. also this one: http://gloria.tv/?media=600653language=o9CtE7uatTg looks like a wayside shrine, but the title says place

Re: [Tagging] religion=multi* ?

2015-01-13 Thread althio althio
Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: religion=multi looks OK to me, the similarity to sport makes it easier to remember than religion=all (and it is very likely more accurate, as all is too inclusive I guess). Some airports REALLY wants to be that inclusive. a prayer room for all

[Tagging] bicycle:lanes=designated|... vs cycleway:lanes=lane|...

2015-01-13 Thread Andrew Shadura
Hi, Some places in the wiki mention cycleway:lanes:* tags, and those are indeed used in a few places (31 uses currently). It seems to me these tags are obsolete and have been replaced by bicycle:lanes:*, is that correct? Should I probably mass-replace them? -- Cheers, Andrew

Re: [Tagging] bicycle:lanes=designated|... vs cycleway:lanes=lane|...

2015-01-13 Thread Hubert
+1 to all. Except none in this case was meant to be the default value from the :lanes proposal. Am 13. Januar 2015 13:45:24 MEZ, schrieb Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com: 2015-01-13 13:38 GMT+01:00 Hubert sg.fo...@gmx.de: I would not. IMO bicycle:lanes is an access Tag while cycleway:lanes

Re: [Tagging] bicycle:lanes=designated|... vs cycleway:lanes=lane|...

2015-01-13 Thread Martin Vonwald
2015-01-13 13:38 GMT+01:00 Hubert sg.fo...@gmx.de: I would not. IMO bicycle:lanes is an access Tag while cycleway:lanes defines es the type. So one could have cycleway:lanes:forward=none | lane and bicycle:lanes:forwad= yes | designated , for example. That's correct. AFAIK it is common

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Voting - Water tap

2015-01-13 Thread Pieren
On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Kotya Karapetyan kotya.li...@gmail.com wrote: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/water_tap#Voting I voted earlier today 'no' to this proposal in its current state and provided my arguments. But now I'm asked to forward them on this mailing

Re: [Tagging] bicycle:lanes=designated|... vs cycleway:lanes=lane|...

2015-01-13 Thread Hubert
I would not. IMO bicycle:lanes is an access Tag while cycleway:lanes defines es the type. So one could have cycleway:lanes:forward=none | lane and bicycle:lanes:forwad= yes | designated , for example. Am 13. Januar 2015 13:28:22 MEZ, schrieb Andrew Shadura and...@shadura.me: Hi, Some places in

Re: [Tagging] bicycle:lanes=designated|... vs cycleway:lanes=lane|...

2015-01-13 Thread Martin Vonwald
2015-01-13 13:52 GMT+01:00 Hubert sg.fo...@gmx.de: +1 to all. Except none in this case was meant to be the default value from the :lanes proposal. The default value is always an empty value, e.g. minspeed=|80|50. The value none might be defined by the main key, e.g. maxspeed=none. If the main

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Voting - Water tap

2015-01-13 Thread François Lacombe
2015-01-13 16:17 GMT+01:00 Kotya Karapetyan kotya.li...@gmail.com: I vote yes but this will automatically need a refinement. Have you also voted at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/water_tap#Voting ? Yes, as Fanfouer I fully agree regarding the (in)consistency

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Voting - Water tap

2015-01-13 Thread Warin
On 14/01/2015 12:01 AM, tagging-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote: Message: 2 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:35:39 +0100 From: Pieren pier...@gmail.com To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools tagging@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Voting - Water tap Message-ID: