Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread John Willis
Last Saturday, I took some pictures of the towers/pylons near my home. I uploaded 11 images to a flickr album here. You can easily get an idea of what I am talking about (separated or “abandoned” landuses), and the massive scale of some of the tower/pylons. there are refs and descriptions for a

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread John Willis
> On Jul 5, 2017, at 1:26 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: > > the landuse, if they cross farmland the land beneath them is still farmland > or in the case of this photo natural=wood. Yes, I agree there instances where the pylons sit on a landuse, and it doesn’t substantially change the sur

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Craig Wallace
On 2017-07-04 14:49, Mark Bradley wrote: In American English most people would call the structure a tower, but according to the convention of OSM using British English, I would defer to the word "pylon." In British English, yes the general public usually call them 'pylons'. But this is not used

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Mark Wagner
On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 09:49:07 -0400 "Mark Bradley" wrote: > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:14:11 +0100 > > From: Philip Barnes > > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ? > > > > > > > > On 4 July 2017 11:07:04 BST

Re: [Tagging] fire hydrants

2017-07-04 Thread François Lacombe
2017-07-04 18:15 GMT+02:00 marc marc : > Le 04. 07. 17 à 17:14, François Lacombe a écrit : > > I still have some comments : > > * fire_hydrant:couplings:type may only be fire_hydrant:couplings without > > the :type suffix > > * fire_hydrant:type really should be fire_hydrant only. I don't get the

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 4. Jul 2017, at 13:14, Philip Barnes wrote: > > Although I am a little confused by the purpose of this thread, the presence > of pylons does not in my experience change the landuse, if they cross > farmland the land beneath them is still farmland or in the case of this

Re: [Tagging] fire hydrants

2017-07-04 Thread marc marc
Le 04. 07. 17 à 17:14, François Lacombe a écrit : > I still have some comments : > * fire_hydrant:couplings:type may only be fire_hydrant:couplings without > the :type suffix > * fire_hydrant:type really should be fire_hydrant only. I don't get the > benefit of adding :type here (feel free to giv

Re: [Tagging] fire hydrants

2017-07-04 Thread François Lacombe
Hi Viking, Thank you for proposal updating I still have some comments : * fire_hydrant:couplings:type may only be fire_hydrant:couplings without the :type suffix * fire_hydrant:type really should be fire_hydrant only. I don't get the benefit of adding :type here (feel free to give me hints) * Can

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread François Lacombe
2017-07-04 15:39 GMT+02:00 Mark Bradley : > > I nominate Martin, John Willis, and a few others on this list to form a > committee and formulate an organized tagging structure for OSM. You guys > are intelligent and thoughtful and I would trust you to come up with a good > solution. I'm tired of

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Mark Bradley
> Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:14:11 +0100 > From: Philip Barnes > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ? > > > > On 4 July 2017 11:07:04 BST, Martin Koppenhoefer > wrote: > >2017-07-04 1:56 GMT+02:00 John Willis :

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Mark Bradley
> Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 18:30:31 +0800 > From: Jherome Miguel > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ? > > > Though I came lately here, I agree. Indicating the type of industrial area > will help > indicate the indu

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Philip Barnes
On 4 July 2017 11:07:04 BST, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >2017-07-04 1:56 GMT+02:00 John Willis : > >> it seems like other long-term infrastructure (power towers, >communication >> towers) are suggested to be landuse=industrial. >> >> I really think there should be some kind of subtag then, becau

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Jherome Miguel
Though I came lately here, I agree. Indicating the type of industrial area will help indicate the industry where the piece of land is used. --TagaSanPedroAko On Jul 4, 2017 6:08 PM, "Martin Koppenhoefer" wrote: > > 2017-07-04 1:56 GMT+02:00 John Willis : > >> it seems like other long-term infra

Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ?

2017-07-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-07-04 1:56 GMT+02:00 John Willis : > it seems like other long-term infrastructure (power towers, communication > towers) are suggested to be landuse=industrial. > > I really think there should be some kind of subtag then, because not only > can you define what and why you are tagging, but it

Re: [Tagging] Services provided by a travel agency

2017-07-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-07-04 2:38 GMT+02:00 John Willis : > This particular question (how to add cycle rental to a tourist information > office) is a symptom of a larger tagging issue in OSM - you can’t add > multiple amenities/services that are not mappable features to most mappable > places. because an amenity