Re: [Tagging] Classifying roads from Trunk to Tertiary and Unclassified

2019-08-12 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 15:56, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > > If your country's government indicates with signs > > that a road as a primary route then that is what it is. > > no government says „primary“ road, they might say „A road“, or > „Bundesstraße“ but the latter is only telling that

Re: [Tagging] Classifying roads from Trunk to Tertiary and Unclassified

2019-08-12 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 15:31, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > TL;DR; > Just because you only see a simple system for road numbering on the ground > (like motorway, national, regional, local) doesn’t mean your government > doesn’t use much more complex mechanisms to plan, build and maintain roads

Re: [Tagging] Classifying roads from Trunk to Tertiary and Unclassified

2019-08-12 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 14:07, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > if I don’t interpret this wrong, in Germany and Italy we are using the > motorroad=yes qualifier for what appears to be called autovia in Spain > (motorway like access restrictions). Sounds about right. Wikipedia's generic term for

Re: [Tagging] Classifying roads from Trunk to Tertiary and Unclassified

2019-08-12 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 01:20, yo paseopor wrote: > > trunk: 4,3,2-lane new roads (newer than twenty years, with new track), > with only interlevel crossings and exits, average speed of 80/100, and wide > lanes. It is possible bikes or agricultural vehicles would be prohibited in > these kind of

Re: [Tagging] Classifying roads from Trunk to Tertiary and Unclassified

2019-08-11 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 at 22:10, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > In Australia, it's not uncommon for a Primary (& in some cases, Trunk!) > road to be a single lane dirt road!, & it would be nice to be able to show > them with the importance that they are to local residents of that area. > There

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 21:22, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > or in other words if highway=primary always means a=x and b=y then all you > would have to add to the scheme is c=z/w as a qualifier for > highway=primary, no need for a completely new system > That's true. But I was simplifying.

Re: [Tagging] Use of tag "import=yes" on objects, not changesets?

2019-08-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 17:27, Dave Swarthout wrote: > The decision to use the import=yes tag wasn't mine nor that of other > experienced Thailand mappers. The Facebook crew "invented" this use, for > whatever internal reason(s)of their own and we local mappers simply went > along with it because

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 17:27, Julien djakk wrote: > > The "old" highway tag can give default values to the 5 new tags, so it > is not necessary to re-map everything :) > If it is a guaranteed 1:1 relationship then there is no point doing it. Maybe if the semantics became clearer (like migrating

Re: [Tagging] Classifying roads from Trunk to Tertiary and Unclassified

2019-08-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 15:32, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > Paul, thank you for clarifying the situation in England, as much as it > can be clarified. > As with OSM tagging, it evolved. So we have things that are not ideal simply because of historical accident. If the UK were to come up with an

Re: [Tagging] Fruit stands and shops selling fresh fruits?

2019-08-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 12:38, marc marc wrote: > Le 10.08.19 à 07:24, Warin a écrit : > > the key produce=* could be used to detail what was sold > > a shop produce nothing. better to use vending=* > In English "produce" as a verb has a different meaning to "produce" as a noun (and are

Re: [Tagging] Classifying roads from Trunk to Tertiary and Unclassified

2019-08-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 09:27, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: However, in England where the tag originated, highway=trunk is used for the > main, > non-motorway highways in the country. > Erm, no. It's not like that. Almost, but not quite. There are A roads (known in OSM as primary routes) which are

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 11:42, Julien djakk wrote: > > Classifying roads should be the same all over the world ! :O > In an ideal OSM, tagging ANYTHING should be the same all over the world. Sadly, people sometimes insist on fitting square pegs into round holes instead of coming up with a new

Re: [Tagging] Use of tag "import=yes" on objects, not changesets?

2019-08-09 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 15:23, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > f.s.v.o. "simple", a relatively foolproof method on a Linux machine is > > 1. download indonesia history pbf, > 2. run osmium command line tool to convert into ASCII "opl" format, > 3. grep how many ways with highway=* and v=1 are mapped by

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-08 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 14:51, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > +1, historically (say pre-1960ies, I’m not old enough to tell from own > experience and may be wrong) you wouldn’t have found pavements in German > hamlets and villages (or likely anywhere in the countryside), and although > most will

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-08 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 12:18, Peter Elderson wrote: > To be practical, I think I will retag the clearly residential roads now > tagged as 'unclassified' in my town, to 'residential'. Some roads are now > tagged as residential, but the main function is getting through the > village. These tend to

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-08 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 03:18, Michael Tsang wrote: If the "primary purpose" of the road is through traffic, and the "driving > experience" is like on a major road (e.g. straight, fast, no obstruction, > no > give way, etc.), that part of the road is still red / pink. > > However, if that road is

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-06 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 15:16, Philip Barnes wrote: [Back alleys] > They have these where I used to visit my grandmother in South Wales, All over the UK, I suspect. If you're old enough to remember the early days (late 60s/ early 70s) of "Coronation Street" the houses on the street had a back

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-06 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 13:31, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: I may have been misguided here, but to me any narrower pathway in a > settlement would be suitable for the alley tag. Like those in the pictures > here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley > I agree. But they may not have names. The

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-06 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 08:49, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > On 5. Aug 2019, at 07:06, Florian Lohoff wrote: > > > > Which of those do carry names typically? I cant see any? > > alleys > Typically? In some parts of the world, maybe. In others, not so much. Of the three I can think of in my

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-08-05 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 13:41, Kevin Kenny wrote: [Class 26] > I have no good examples to offer. Me neither. But I can't say no such objects exist. It could happen that some place becomes a protected area because it was once occupied by colonialists, but even then I'd expect it to fall into

Re: [Tagging] Multiple values in isced:level

2019-08-05 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 04:09, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And if you read the wiki you can add another 3 opinions to that. > I just edited the wiki. Make that four. -- Paul ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-08-05 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 05:24, Kevin Kenny wrote: > > I had earnestly hoped to avoid the pain of coming up with a tagging > proposal I'm sorry to have been amongst those who caused you that pain. > Suggestions are, of course, welcome, bearing in mind the above caveats. > Class 26 appears to

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-05 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 06:26, Florian Lohoff wrote: > On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 12:30:48AM +0100, Paul Allen wrote: > > > I just reverted it. And added some clarification (some may disagree and > > think I've murkified it) > > based on why I think those words were removed

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-04 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 5 Aug 2019 at 00:12, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: this should be reverted, and I would be glad if someone did it now, because > I cannot do it myself at the moment. Thank you. > I just reverted it. And added some clarification (some may disagree and think I've murkified it) based on why

Re: [Tagging] Road hierarchy

2019-08-04 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 at 15:51, Florian Lohoff wrote: > > Where do you take this assumption from? I have never heard before that > residential may not be used for through traffic? > Many residential roads are cul-de-sacs. Dead ends. Not classed as through roads because they don't lead anywhere

Re: [Tagging] Multiple values in isced:level

2019-08-04 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 at 15:43, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > This is also my general understanding although there are situations where > the meaning can differ, e.g. housenumber = 1-3 can mean either 1;2;3 or 1;3 > (depending on the local numbering scheme for this road). > There are several

Re: [Tagging] Multiple values in isced:level

2019-08-04 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 at 10:29, Lanxana . wrote: > > I have looked in taginfo and approximately in 15000 cases the semicolon > (;) is used, in 3000 the comma (,) and in 1000 cases the hyphen (-). It > would seem therefore that the general criteria is to use the semicolon. > See

Re: [Tagging] Was public_transport=platform intended to always be combined with highway=bus_stop?

2019-07-31 Thread Paul Allen
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 12:52, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > Agreed, there are enough tags for public transport already. I don't > think anything new is needed. > There's something I haven't found a way of mapping. That's a bus stop where there's a bay inlet into the pavement (aka sidewalk, aka

Re: [Tagging] Charging stations: socket::output -- which format for the value?

2019-07-31 Thread Paul Allen
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 08:35, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Err the wiki could state the default is kW. > There is no present default unit for power - see > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features/Units#Default_units > Adding a default would be good, and kW is probably the

Re: [Tagging] Keys to which new values can be added without a proposal: craft=, shop=, building=, office=, sport=?

2019-07-31 Thread Paul Allen
On Wed, 31 Jul 2019 at 07:47, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > Based on current practice, it seems that most people are ok with > adding new values to certain keys that already have a long list of > documented values in map features, as long as the tag is frequently > used and well-documented? > It

Re: [Tagging] lanes = 0

2019-07-30 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 23:33, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > 30 Jul 2019, 21:03 by pla16...@gmail.com: > > However, if standard carto makes any rendering decisions based upon lanes=n > > It is not used at all. > That's one potential problem disposed of. How about routers? Although I'd expect them

Re: [Tagging] lanes = 0

2019-07-30 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 20:27, Paul Johnson wrote: Maybe quit fighting against a good idea just because it's hard? > I'm not fighting against a good idea. I agree that the current situation is broken. But I've been on this list long enough to understand that there are problems in changing the

Re: [Tagging] lanes = 0

2019-07-30 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 19:46, Paul Johnson wrote: Besides, just because something is hard to fix doesn't mean it shouldn't > be fixed. > Yes, but modal verbs are tricky. :) I agree it SHOULD be fixed, but that doesn't mean that it CAN be fixed. And even if it CAN be fixed, that doesn't mean

Re: [Tagging] lanes = 0

2019-07-30 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 12:21, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: if lanes is about the total amount of marked "2-tracked-vehicle"-lanes (as > it is according to my understanding), then lanes=0 means no marked lanes. > That's logical but not particularly useful. Around here there are a lot of minor

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-07-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 13:52, Kevin Kenny wrote: > > We return to the original idea proposed at the very start of this > thread: 'protect_class=21 protection_object=recreation' for these > features. Except for the ugliness of using numeric values for > protect_class, it sounds as if you might

Re: [Tagging] Are disused=yes and abandoned=yes deprecated by disused:key=value & abandoned:key=value?

2019-07-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 13:54, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: Is there a case where making it visible would actually be useful? > Yes, I would argue that disused physical objects should be rendered. A disused:building=house is still a house. An abandoned:building=house is still a house. Even

Re: [Tagging] Are disused=yes and abandoned=yes deprecated by disused:key=value & abandoned:key=value?

2019-07-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 13:43, Andy Townsend wrote: > On 29/07/2019 13:05, Paul Allen wrote: > > > It applies to more than just quarries. The problem is that the namespaced > version, when > applied to physical objects, renders them invisible (on standard carto). > >

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-07-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 00:08, Kevin Kenny wrote: There are no sizable cities in the park, but dozens of towns and > villages of a few thousand inhabitants each. > I can think of only one city in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (but I'm not that familiar with it) and that's the

Re: [Tagging] Specific tag for Satellite Dishes

2019-07-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 11:18, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: However, I don't see much benefit from mapping private household > satellite antennas: the dishes in the linked picture above are only 90 > cm across, and they are on just about every house. > > Maybe there are more useful things to map in

Re: [Tagging] Are disused=yes and abandoned=yes deprecated by disused:key=value & abandoned:key=value?

2019-07-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019 at 07:24, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > I see that there was just a mention added that landuse=quarry plus > disused=yes might be more sensible than disused:landuse=quarry. > It applies to more than just quarries. The problem is that the namespaced version, when applied to

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-07-28 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 28 Jul 2019 at 21:25, Kevin Kenny wrote: But this doesn't really address the problem. We can't fix State Parks > by making them 'boundary=national_park admin_level=4' because they > don't function as 'national park' in the IUCN deffinition of the term. > Instead, the typical State Park

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-07-28 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 28 Jul 2019 at 15:42, Kevin Kenny wrote: > > I dislike the numeric classification as well. > That's good. We agree on something. :) I dislike 'leisure=state_park' for two reasons. > > First, it preëmpts the 'leisure' tag. It turns out that there are > State Parks that are also

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-07-28 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 28 Jul 2019 at 15:36, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: we do have an established numbered scheme for admin_levels, it could be > reused to tag the administrative level that instituted the protected area, > for a state park it would have the value 4, the key could remain > “admin_level” also in

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of State Parks in the US

2019-07-28 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 28 Jul 2019 at 02:36, Paul Johnson wrote: > I'm on board with a state park specific tag. I find protect class to be a > clunky answer and not entirely humanly intuitive compared to something like > leisure=state_park > +1 I have no objections to protect_class as supplemental

Re: [Tagging] Tagging remain of extinct volcanoes

2019-07-25 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 02:29, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > An eroded remnant of a volcano in Germany which hardly looks like a crater > should not be tagged natural=volcano, since the classification as a volcano > is based on fieldwork by professional geologists and can’t be confirmed by >

Re: [Tagging] Reviewing wiki pages - Tag:landcover=greenery

2019-07-23 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 03:04, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > I don’t usually map such small features; there are so many villages, roads > and rivers still missing from Indonesia. > I wouldn't generally map a shrubbery either. A shrubbery in somebody's back garden is just a garden. And I generally

Re: [Tagging] Reviewing wiki pages - Tag:landcover=greenery

2019-07-22 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 09:18, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: It isn’t a linear feature by shape, agreed, but it still is in the same > scale range than a linear hedge, and hedges are explicitly defined for > areas as well > You're right, the wiki does say that. I didn't notice that when I looked

Re: [Tagging] Reviewing wiki pages - Tag:landcover=greenery

2019-07-21 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 22:13, Alan Mackie wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 12:05, Paul Allen wrote: > >> Using natural=shrub doesn't cut it if you want to map a shrubbery like >> this: >> https://goo.gl/maps/LwNZ2Sk1X8fKxt3j9 >> > > I'd use barrie

Re: [Tagging] Reviewing wiki pages - Tag:landcover=greenery

2019-07-21 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 10:46, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Back to landcover=greenery. > Is there a proposal for this? > > landcover=plants looks like a better tag to me. > Better, because not ot all plants stay green all year round. However, it doesn't cover all common situations.

Re: [Tagging] New entry to the wiki pages leisure soccer golf

2019-07-15 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 at 08:06, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > swimming pools don’t, golf courses don’t, running tracks don’t. Race courses (horse) and race tracks (cars/motor bikes). There are probably others. > I find it questionable to have shooting ranges or ping pong tables tagged > as

Re: [Tagging] New entry to the wiki pages leisure soccer golf

2019-07-14 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 09:35, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Should this not be tagged leisure=pitch with sport=soccer_golf ??? > > Or are any sports related to golf to be tagged leisure=* only??? > Going by https://www.worldfootballgolf.com/en/s2106/WFGA/c2243-What-is-Footballgolf it

Re: [Tagging] leisure=garden for private front/back gardens

2019-07-12 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 10:51, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/07/19 19:02, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > > Public toilet: amenity=toilets > Private toilet: not tagged (so not tagged > like a public one) > > I am unable to link to well tagged private > toilets as in this case private

Re: [Tagging] leisure=garden for private front/back gardens

2019-07-12 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 at 08:13, Marc Gemis wrote: > > Why would a private garden require a different key? Indeed. A private garden is often used for leisure and is a garden. One might perhaps argue for different tagging to describe a private garden used for growing vegetables and which the

Re: [Tagging] Rethinking Map Features

2019-07-11 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 00:47, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > So how do we go with creating a page for a tag that is "in use" but has > apparently never been discussed? > Same way you create any page. Search for the key, or key=value and if it doesn't already exist the Wiki offers to let you

Re: [Tagging] track smoothness/quality

2019-07-09 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 19:19, Kevin Kenny wrote: > > Oh, and at the other end of the spectrum, this one is also a grade2 > (compacted mixed gravel and fines), two lanes wide and smooth as a > baby's arse. I saw people riding racing bikes on it. > Are you suggesting we add smoothness=babys_arse?

Re: [Tagging] shop=window(s) incorrectly deprecated in favor of craft=window_construction ?

2019-07-09 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 16:44, Tobias Zwick wrote: > I always thought that there is no norm for standard sizes of windows, so > every window is made to measure. (And in case of a larger construction > project, then 1000s of windows are made with the same measure) > Is this not true after all? > A

Re: [Tagging] Removing an ATM

2019-07-09 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 15:43, Andy Townsend wrote: > On 09/07/2019 15:27, Paul Allen wrote: > > Not really. They don't get rendered (on standard carto). > > ... but depending on the feature, they may do elsewhere. > Indeed. That's why I added the proviso about standard car

Re: [Tagging] Removing an ATM

2019-07-09 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 15:10, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > sent from a phone > > > On 9. Jul 2019, at 15:57, Paul Allen wrote: > > > > Where an object is no longer physically present, such as a telephone > booth that has > > been removed, then removed:

Re: [Tagging] Removing an ATM

2019-07-09 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 at 14:11, marc marc wrote: > > some prefix all tag with was: or similar > it allows the next contributor who sees it in a photo to avoid making > the mistake of adding the object you deleted > I've used was for things that are still there but have changed their functionality.

Re: [Tagging] lit=yes/no threshold

2019-07-06 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 12:42, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: It is not feasible to do for a typical mapper to record "light level in > lux". > Sadly, however, it is the only objective way of specifying the light level. And even then, it's easy to do it wrong if you don't account for the angle of

Re: [Tagging] Maxweight wiki page changes

2019-07-06 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 12:26, Philip Barnes wrote: > Unladen is certainly the used, and understood, way of expressing such > restrictions in the UK. > > https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-weights-explained > > Off topic, and not your fault, but that is an explanation that isn't entirely free from

Re: [Tagging] shared planter where you can harvest for free

2019-07-05 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 19:40, Jmapb via Tagging wrote: > On 7/5/2019 12:18 PM, joost schouppe wrote: > > > Operator is actually "a specific private citizen" > > What's the source of this definition? On the English wiki, operator is > "a company, corporation, person or any other entity who is

Re: [Tagging] New sections added to "Good Practice" page?

2019-07-05 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 10:42, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: I added it to > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Proposed_features/street_vendor%3Dyes=1874089=1871846 > but I still prefer street_vendor > I found out yesterday there are also mobile post offices. I was surprised. Comes

Re: [Tagging] extend unsigned to describe "no info on the ground" for a key

2019-07-03 Thread Paul Allen
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 16:16, marc marc wrote: > Le 03.07.19 à 16:55, Paul Allen a écrit : > > What "unsigned" doesn't do is identify how the mapper came to any > > conclusion about the weight > > limit or how other mappers may verify it. > > unsigned just sai

Re: [Tagging] extend unsigned to describe "no info on the ground" for a key

2019-07-03 Thread Paul Allen
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 14:56, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > "unsigned" means there is no sign on the ground, this would not avoid > noname=yes or nohousenumber=yes because they state there is no name or > housenumber, not that it isn't signed. > Surely "unsigned" means that the weights can only

Re: [Tagging] New sections added to "Good Practice" page?

2019-07-01 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 16:27, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > Do you have any idea for tag name that would overall be better? > Nope. Not one that works in all situations. Even street vendor is pushing it, a little. I'd normally thinks of a street vendor being somebody with a glorified barrow

Re: [Tagging] New sections added to "Good Practice" page?

2019-07-01 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 11:54, marc marc wrote: > > somes mapper use street_vendor=yes > Reasonable for the mobile chip shop and mobile burger shop near me. Both vehicles that are towed by car into place before they open and towed away when they close. Reasonable to the ferry ticket both near me

Re: [Tagging] New sections added to "Good Practice" page?

2019-07-01 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 11:37, Tobias Zwick wrote: > Maybe mobile-but-usually-stationary (or with a fixed schedule) amenities > and shops could get an extra tag to denote that property. For example > mobile=yes or something. > POIs with this tag set could be resurveyed more often than others. >

Re: [Tagging] New sections added to "Good Practice" page?

2019-07-01 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 09:49, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > For example there are boats used as restaurants, they could move, but they > don’t (in some instances at least). Got one of those near me. I've mapped it. > Or mobile fruit or ice cream vendors, which may be there only during the >

Re: [Tagging] Approved - Tag:tourism=camp_pitch

2019-06-30 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 at 23:17, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > If we were to map them as a separate object on the ground, what would we > call them? Have had a play, & about the best I can come up with is > area:highway=pedestrian + surface=concrete, which doesn't really cut it? > It's close,

Re: [Tagging] New sections added to "Good Practice" page?

2019-06-29 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 29 Jun 2019 at 23:58, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > What is an "important object?" > > Going by the examples, I can only assume that "important" means "large." Large in extent, large number of nodes, therefore a lot of effort to fix if somebody breaks it. -- Paul

Re: [Tagging] Tagging sockets

2019-06-26 Thread Paul Allen
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 00:19, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: Connectors too are not necessary fixed. > When mapped in OSM they are fixed by the location given. So I see no > problem with OSM defining the socket/connector as being in a fixed > location. > Don't fixate on "fixed." In

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - amenity=power_supply

2019-06-25 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 12:35, Michael Brandtner via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > I've now rewritten the whole proposal. To prevent overlap, the idea is now > to incorporate all devices that provide electrical power under the same > main tag. A problem I have not solved yet is how

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - amenity=power_supply

2019-06-25 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 11:28, Philip Barnes wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 25 June 2019, Colin Smale wrote: > > On 2019-06-25 11:33, John Sturdy wrote: > > > > > For the "socket" key: I suggest putting the current rating onto the > cee_blue sockets (cee_blue_16a, cee_blue_32a, etc) rather than

Re: [Tagging] Tagging sockets

2019-06-25 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 11:05, Michael Brandtner via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > I'd like to separate the discussions about* amenity=power_supply* (my > proposal) and the enhancement/merging of the *socket:* and *power_supply* > key. > It would make things simpler. Simple

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-23 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 18:26, Philip Barnes wrote: > On camp sites in the UK and France the hook-up is a CEE 17 blue > single-phase in my experience. > I think that's what the UK wiring regs mandate for new installations. And have done for many years. But there may be older installations

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-23 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 13:40, François Lacombe wrote: > > Le dim. 23 juin 2019 à 14:20, Paul Allen a écrit : > >> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 13:01, François Lacombe >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Le dim. 23 juin 2019 à 13:49, Paul Allen a écrit : >>&

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-23 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 02:02, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: Aircraft too can have an external electrical power connection. > Aircraft power is rather specialized. Three phase 115 VAC @ 400 Hz and/or 28 VDC (14 VDC for some light aircraft). The connectors are rather specialized too.

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-22 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 02:28, marc marc wrote: socket key is probably the most successful but for charging stations, > the information is missing if it is a plug or a plug at the end of a > cable on the terminal side. > Terminology gets messy. Different parts of the world and different

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-22 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 01:44, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > Wow, what a nightmare! > Yep. New tag needed: nightmare=*. Here, if a camping ground / caravan park has power to a site, it will be a > standard layout Oz plug, but rated at 15A, not 10, so you will need a 15A > lead to connect to it,

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-21 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 23:56, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 04:53, Paul Allen wrote: > >> Having power_supply=yes indicates that the socket type is unknown, >> > > But wouldn't that default as the country you're in? If you're in Britain, >

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-21 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 19:44, Colin Smale wrote: > There is also this tagging scheme for the same thing: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:socket Now how did that happen??? It arose via a different route, supporting amenity=charging_station. We probably need to harmonize the

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-21 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 19:00, Colin Smale wrote: > On 2019-06-21 18:33, Paul Allen wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 17:06, Colin Smale wrote: > >> When it comes to tagging the socket type, please use an existing standard >> such as the IEC type letters. Make sure to use

Re: [Tagging] Idea for a new tag: amenity=power_supply

2019-06-21 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 17:06, Colin Smale wrote: > When it comes to tagging the socket type, please use an existing standard > such as the IEC type letters. Make sure to use the code for the socket, not > for the plug; some combinations have a measure of cross-compatibility, and > you don't want

Re: [Tagging] paid ferry - fee or toll tag

2019-06-20 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 01:33, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Oxford Dictionary says > > Toll : A charge payable to use a bridge or road. > Yep. Also, in the UK, carries legal implications. Legislation is required to require tolls on a public highway. Fee : A payment made to a

Re: [Tagging] Designated spots for dogs to wait

2019-06-18 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 01:50, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18/06/19 08:50, Paul Allen wrote: > > hitching_point=dog|cat|horse|yes if you really feel a need to specify what > can or cannot be hitched > there. > > That was silly of me. It would be better

Re: [Tagging] wheelchair = hiking

2019-06-18 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 15:32, Andreas Lattmann wrote: I don't know if it's the right mailing list. > It is. I would like to propose a new tag (if it is not already there). The new > tag is wheelchair = hiking because in Italy many associations are creating > mountain trails for disabled

Re: [Tagging] Verifiability of geometry

2019-06-18 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 02:13, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For the 'centre' of place I tend tot go either for the post office or the > railway station. > I have a vague memory, which a brief search with google is unable to confirm, that milestones in Britain gave their distance from

Re: [Tagging] Designated spots for dogs to wait

2019-06-17 Thread Paul Allen
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 23:35, Manuel Arteaga via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > I've tried to look up how to tag these “dog parking spots”, but I don't > know a concise name for them. > Me neither. We have them here, but without signs. Do you know of any accepted scheme? If

Re: [Tagging] shop=cannabis including medical cannabis

2019-06-14 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 19:13, Dave Swarthout wrote: > > Furthermore, in the U.S. normal pharmacies do not, AFAIK, sell cannabis. > Yet. I'd expect that in some jurisdictions pharmacies will eventually sell medicinal cannabis, if only on prescription. I'd expect that eventually, in some

Re: [Tagging] Landuse=farmyard vs residential

2019-06-14 Thread Paul Allen
On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 03:04, John Willis via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > > > > On Jun 13, 2019, at 4:22 PM, Paul Allen wrote: > > > > Conversion of farm buildings to residential buildings is not only > possible, it's frequent in > >

Re: [Tagging] Landuse=farmyard vs residential

2019-06-13 Thread Paul Allen
On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 02:25, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Usually they won't be used for residential purposes .. unless they have > been demolished. > Around here a LOT of farms have converted at least one outbuilding to a holiday cottage. Most are still working farms. In some

Re: [Tagging] Mismatched tag status

2019-06-11 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 01:35, Yuri Astrakhan wrote: > Paul, as a programmer, I'm sure you know the difference between a keyword > and the text shown to the user. > I'm aware that such things can be done but not that such a mechanism was in place for status keywords. German translates "inuse"

Re: [Tagging] Mismatched tag status

2019-06-10 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 00:21, Yuri Astrakhan wrote: > There is currently 267 key & tags on OSM wiki with mismatching STATUS > field, as seen in http://tinyurl.com/y62j5m5e - e.g. amenity=fast_food > has status=defacto in 10 languages, except German where it is marked as > status=in use. Clearly

Re: [Tagging] New way to use tagging: simple questions with no prep_discussion: tag for a IT School ?

2019-06-08 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 23:46, yo paseopor wrote: > > Whats is the tag for a IT school like this? > http://www.mecabit.com/ > If it's an educational facility then it looks like amenity=college. If it's more of a "get people into employment by various means" thing then social_facility=outreach +

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Tag:tourism=camp_pitch

2019-06-08 Thread Paul Allen
On Sat, 8 Jun 2019 at 15:11, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > Any additional comments on this updated proposal to use > tourism=camp_pitch to tag individual pitches within a campsite or > caravan site? > How do you handle sites that accept both caravans and tents on different pitches? There are quite

Re: [Tagging] Irrigation: usage=irrigation vs irrigation=yes [Was Irrigation: ditches, canals and drains]

2019-06-04 Thread Paul Allen
On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 03:59, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > * iD had trouble in the past with tags where single key was used > for many purposes (it was AFAIK triggered by service key) > I think there were several triggers. The discussion on github I encountered was with covered=* being used for

Re: [Tagging] A modest proposal to increase the usefulness of the tagging list

2019-06-02 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 14:17, Simon Poole wrote: Am 02.06.2019 um 14:40 schrieb Paul Allen: > > > As I already said, I understand your frustration. > > No, obviously you don't. > Really? You looked inside my head and determined that I do not understand your frustration. And h

Re: [Tagging] A modest proposal to increase the usefulness of the tagging list

2019-06-02 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 13:39, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > On 6/2/19 13:17, Christoph Hormann wrote: > > Note there have been in the past opinions that documenting a new tag > > without creating a proposal is not desirable > > That is also my opinion, however, I don't see anything wrong with >

Re: [Tagging] A modest proposal to increase the usefulness of the tagging list

2019-06-02 Thread Paul Allen
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 09:49, Simon Poole wrote: > > In the interest of keeping the list at least half usable, I would > suggest that we all, starting now, voluntarily submit to: > [...] I don't doubt your frustration or your good intentions, but it seems possible that this thread will generate

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