Re: [Tagging] How to tag a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (US:DMV)

2015-06-09 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:15 AM, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Tue Jun 9 16:06:40 2015 GMT+0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2015-06-09 14:37 GMT+02:00 Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org: How would you tag a shop that sells tax stamps and licenses, but is not a

Re: [Tagging] How to tag a Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (US:DMV)

2015-06-09 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:40 AM, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Tue Jun 9 16:26:36 2015 GMT+0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: you can use them universally for payments of government taxes and fees, typically you have to stick them onto forms or other documents to make

Re: [Tagging] Self serve and full serve gas stations

2015-06-09 Thread John Willis
On Jun 9, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: P brands (Arco, Amoco, BP, Aral, am/pm, Wild Bean) usually make you go inside anyway and don't let you pay at the pump. A long time ago the self pumps were crap - but i have never seen pufdles of fuel anywhere. Now

Re: [Tagging] access=student and entrance=inter-building: comments?

2015-06-08 Thread John Willis
On Jun 8, 2015, at 8:05 PM, Dominik George n...@naturalnet.de wrote: Hi, I guess I need a solution for the path access too - because access=private also seems an incorrect label - or would both be covered by access=inder-building ? just out of curiosity, what would happen if you *did*

[Tagging] Grumble about empty comments on this list

2015-06-08 Thread John Eldredge
basis. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Tagging] Changes + additions: shop= photo, hobby, model

2015-06-07 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 07.06.2015 um 01:27 schrieb Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com: Some consider Golf, Fishing, Stamp and Coin collecting as hobbies. yes, others map making, barrel jumping, surfing,

Re: [Tagging] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

2015-06-06 Thread John Eldredge
the value is being selected, we need to stick close to natural language, not magic numbers. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 6, 2015 5:31

Re: [Tagging] Changes + additions: shop= photo, hobby, model

2015-06-06 Thread John Willis
On Jun 6, 2015, at 10:34 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: (table gaming, adventures, Cosplay, ...) in hobby, but in toys. I agree for subtags. All of those are hobbies. They have dedicated stores for each. They are filled with adults, spending unglodly amounts of

Re: [Tagging] Changes + additions: shop= photo, hobby, model

2015-06-06 Thread John Willis
I'm Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2015, at 8:27 AM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: Some consider Golf, Fishing, Stamp and Coin collecting as hobbies. Any activity that you don't do for a job can be considered a hobby. But some activities fall into broader groups, usually based on

Re: [Tagging] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

2015-06-06 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 7, 2015, at 9:26 AM, John Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: presenting a mapper with a list of choices such as photo1, photo2, and photo3 is likely to result in corrupted data, due to a mapper picking one at random, Remember the epic discussion on track type

Re: [Tagging] Changes + additions: shop= photo, hobby, model

2015-06-05 Thread John Eldredge
What if the shop sells both photo gear and frames? -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 4, 2015 10:11:26 PM Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-05 Thread John Eldredge
as X within a geographical area. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 5, 2015 4:43:51 AM Andreas Goss andi...@t-online.de wrote: shop=tea

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-05 Thread John F. Eldredge
is frequently not possible. On 06/05/2015 01:31 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:40 AM, John Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com mailto:j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: There is an obvious limit to the number of types of icons that can be rendered on any one map before it becomes

Re: [Tagging] Changes + additions: shop= photo, hobby, model

2015-06-05 Thread John Willis
Yea - in America hobby shops like the wikipedia entry exist - they are model/rc/train/craft stores - they have a mix of all the types - they are not a specific specialty store, which exist too. Generic shop: http://goo.gl/maps/cy4I2 hobby people Just model trains: http://goo.gl/maps/p9D3n

Re: [Tagging] Changes + additions: shop= photo, hobby, model

2015-06-05 Thread John Eldredge
Also, there are a lot of so-called hobby shops that carry supplies for decorative crafts such as beading, embroidery, and jewelry making. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do

Re: [Tagging] Changes + additions: shop= photo, hobby, model

2015-06-04 Thread John Willis
On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:10 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: then it should be tagged shop=photo; frame Is the semicolon okay to use in shop=* ? Or will that start another Holy War? Javbw ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-04 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2015, at 11:20 PM, John Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: I have no objection to users tagging in their local language. I also have no objection to those users also using tags in a language that has been agreed upon for use in an international context

Re: [Tagging] SHAPE_Leng, SHAPE_Area, GIS_ACRES

2015-06-04 Thread John Willis
There was some 25 year old Japan government GIS data they imported for the woods outlines that looks like it has about a 20-30m accuracy, and has some wild offsets compared to the road data. The biggest problem is that i live on the edge of the wilderness, and the outline is a giant relation

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-04 Thread John Eldredge
should only be available to those fluent in the local language or languages? -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 3, 2015 7:18:57 PM

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-04 Thread John Eldredge
the ground truth that objects fit into more than one category. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. On June 3, 2015 7:25:15 PM Andreas Goss andi...@t

Re: [Tagging] SHAPE_Leng, SHAPE_Area, GIS_ACRES

2015-06-04 Thread John Willis
Im mapping out in Japan, and there are wood polygons (and relations) everywhere. I often add detail on exactly where the borders are (farms, roads, etc) - Is there anything wrong with correctly mapping the borders of the blobs of woods (and doubling the number of nodes) if its correct? Javbw

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-03 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 3, 2015, at 10:46 PM, Marc Gemis marc.ge...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 11:50 AM, johnw jo...@mac.com wrote: How many people are going to understand that I need a “wooden home goods” shop tag? There is an old traditional store that sells all the

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-03 Thread John Eldredge
Some businesses that were formerly in the film-developing trade have shifted over into producing prints from digital photos. The professional-grade color printers produce noticeably better results than consumer-grade printers do. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot

Re: [Tagging] RFD tag:shop=camera?

2015-06-03 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 4, 2015, at 9:18 AM, pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: On 4 June 2015 at 00:59, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: Its been an uphill battle to get even the most basic (read: required) Japanese mapping conventions accepted. Traffic light

Re: [Tagging] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

2015-06-02 Thread John Eldredge
The reason for tag/value pairs such as oneway=no is that the absence of a oneway tag can mean either that it is unknown whether a given way is one-way or not, or that it is definitely known to be not be one-way. Using one-way=no states that it is definitely known not to be one-way. -- John F

Re: [Tagging] Big amenity=fountain

2015-05-31 Thread John Willis
+1 to Martin Really super large fountains (like the one in front of the Bellagiao(?) in LasVegas is giant, and mapping the nozzles is possible - but a nozzle is not an amenity. But the fountain itself is a fountain (and landmark), which places it in amenity. Perhaps a fountain sub-key

Re: [Tagging] Big amenity=fountain

2015-05-31 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 1, 2015, at 7:52 AM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps a fountain sub-key Fountain=* For the nozzles, lights, water fill, water return, shut-off/control box, and filter set is a good idea (even if most of those are unrendered), for fountain

Re: [Tagging] man_made=works

2015-05-30 Thread John Willis
On May 31, 2015, at 2:20 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: hat's the kind of tags we can use to describe this situation, if it doesn't help, maybe you have to be even more specific with the value? Im saying that unless the building is of particular significance,

Re: [Tagging] Removal of amenity from OSM tagging

2015-05-29 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On May 29, 2015, at 7:58 PM, Daniel Koć daniel@koć.pl wrote: W dniu 29.05.2015 3:54, John Willis napisał(a): Currently, building=industrial +landuse=industrial has usurped man_made=works completely. I think of building=industrial like a building=church - it's

Re: [Tagging] dock=tidal

2015-05-29 Thread John Eldredge
That is just one of the common meanings of dock. Another common meaning is as a synonym for pier, an above-water structure used to give access to a ship. On May 29, 2015 3:41:23 AM Malcolm Herring malcolm.herr...@btinternet.com wrote: On 29/05/2015 08:41, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Why is this

Re: [Tagging] Removal of amenity from OSM tagging

2015-05-29 Thread John Willis
On May 29, 2015, at 7:35 PM, pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: There are no man made trees in the forest, they all grow naturally. Man can plant a natural tree - or it could self-seed. In osm there is a distinction between cultivated and constructed. We already do this will all

Re: [Tagging] Comms towers

2015-05-29 Thread John Eldredge
Pole without a pole = pole? I am confused. What sort of structure are you describing? On May 29, 2015 5:48:33 AM pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: On 29 May 2015 at 05:47, Marc Gemis marc.ge...@gmail.com wrote: according to this wiki page there is a difference between

Re: [Tagging] housenumber on node and area

2015-05-29 Thread John Eldredge
Zip codes, in the USA, are the same way. They are intended for the post office's routing, and don't necessarily correspond to administrative divisions of the land. A given plot of land may be in one administrative division for tax purposes, yet be lumped into a neighboring division for

Re: [Tagging] man_made=works (was: Re: Removal of amenity from OSM tagging)

2015-05-29 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On May 29, 2015, at 9:28 PM, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: Although not the type of amenity estate agents usually describe. [pure speculation on my part] that is because the amenity tag originally was for the amenities of a town. Over time, as tagging

Re: [Tagging] man_made=works

2015-05-29 Thread John Willis
On May 30, 2015, at 12:41 AM, Daniel Koć daniel@koć.pl wrote: But if not, we have no system, just historical cases and a lot of exceptions. I think it's time to try to make some rules instead. I though there was some tag prefix like disused: or abandoned: that could be used with the

Re: [Tagging] Removal of amenity from OSM tagging

2015-05-28 Thread John Willis
On May 29, 2015, at 11:02 AM, pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: And that ties in nicely with my thoughts of removing the words and generating tags and values by symbols ! Mapping by emoji! Just put a hot dog symbol in the hot-dog stand! ^_^ For getting data into the database

Re: [Tagging] Removal of amenity from OSM tagging

2015-05-28 Thread John Willis
On May 28, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: while man_made covers technical structures and facilities (like factories, chimneys, flagpoles, lighthouses, silos, ...). If there is one big change I would like to make it would be to greatly reduce the

Re: [Tagging] To mark as covered, or to not mark as covered?

2015-05-28 Thread John Eldredge
One case where covered would be appropriate would be a highway or railway in the mountains, where a slanted roof is above the way to protect against falling rocks and/or avalanches. I remember encountering such in the Swiss Alps. On May 28, 2015 6:46:21 PM pmailkeey .

Re: [Tagging] Removal of amenity from OSM tagging

2015-05-28 Thread John Willis
On May 28, 2015, at 6:22 PM, AYTOUN RALPH ralph.ayt...@ntlworld.com wrote: And with this argument for a hierarchical approach we are back to the start point of umbrella tags that cover all possibilities which is landuse=educational as a polygon encompassing the whole area and the

Re: [Tagging] housenumber on node and area

2015-05-28 Thread John Eldredge
Also, large industrial facilities may have all mail delivered to a central office, yet have separate street addresses for individual buildings for delivering goods. On May 28, 2015 9:21:44 AM Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote: In the UK we have postal addresses which are for Royal

Re: [Tagging] Wiki: Key:level: proposed rewrite

2015-05-26 Thread John Eldredge
Did you forget to add any comments? On May 26, 2015 6:58:49 AM wp4...@gmail.com wrote: ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Water featuers

2015-05-25 Thread John Willis
On May 25, 2015, at 6:53 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 24.05.2015 um 14:36 schrieb John Willis jo...@mac.com: I always thought a cascade is a series of waterfalls connected together. I thought it was a word for a single waterfall as well... The water

Re: [Tagging] Wiki: Key:level: proposed rewrite

2015-05-25 Thread John Eldredge
The level key is intended for OSM internal use, to tell routing and rendering software what connects to what. For indoor mapping, it would make sense to also have a way to name floors, which needs to allow for both numeric and non-numeric floor names. I have been in buildings that have more

Re: [Tagging] Wiki: Key:level: proposed rewrite

2015-05-25 Thread John Eldredge
The ele tag is for indicating the elevation of an object above sea level. Not many people will know the elevation of each of a building's floors above sea level. On May 25, 2015 8:30:26 AM pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: On 25 May 2015 at 14:08, Andrew Errington

Re: [Tagging] Wiki: Key:level: proposed rewrite

2015-05-25 Thread John Eldredge
Yes, I object. The purpose of the level tag is to tell routing and rendering software what the vertical order of objects is. It indicates what connects to what, and, if they don't connect, what renders above what. It is not intended to hold floor names. On May 24, 2015 6:42:03 PM pmailkeey

Re: [Tagging] Pet Relief Areas

2015-05-25 Thread John Eldredge
In the USA, a dog park is an area of a public park, often enclosed by a fence, where you are allowed to play with your dog off-leash. In other sections of the park, or in an entire park if no section is designated as a dog park, you are likely to be cited and fined for letting your dog run

Re: [Tagging] Pet Relief Areas

2015-05-25 Thread John Eldredge
We will need to use different tags for the two concepts, however. On May 25, 2015 3:43:47 PM pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: On 25 May 2015 at 19:32, John Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: In the USA, a dog park is an area of a public park, often enclosed by a fence, where

Re: [Tagging] Water featuers

2015-05-24 Thread John Willis
I always thought a cascade is a series of waterfalls connected together. Wether that is natural or artificial, I'm not sure there's a distinction. http://www.tripadvisor.com/MobileViewPhoto-g298182-d1311890-i131738347-Ryuzu_Waterfall-Nikko_Tochigi_Prefecture_Kanto.html I've visited a lot of

Re: [Tagging] Damage Assessment Tags - Would like feedback on a schema

2015-05-24 Thread John Eldredge
There is an organization already tracking crowd-sourced reports of needed repairs, SeeClickFix. I have used this to report issues such as blocked street drains. The local Public Works department monitors these reports and marks them closed once the needed repairs have been done. On May 24,

Re: [Tagging] Airport power and USB stations

2015-05-23 Thread John F. Eldredge
Electric outlets that have a USB-style connector, for charging cell phones and other portable devices, are fairly new. I don't recall seeing any until about a year ago. So, there is not yet a common name for them, to distinguish them from conventional electric outlets that offer only 120V AC.

Re: [Tagging] Water featuers

2015-05-22 Thread John F. Eldredge
The water feature we are talking about here is an artificial waterfall, usually pump-driven. On May 22, 2015 9:19:44 AM Richard Z. ricoz@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 02:00:30PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Am 22.05.2015 um 13:35 schrieb Andy Mabbett

Re: [Tagging] Estate agent

2015-05-19 Thread John F. Eldredge
://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com (615) 299-6451 Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Pet Relief Areas

2015-05-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
for the general public. On May 15, 2015 2:32:25 AM CDT, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: Since so may people in Japan travel with small dogs, most parking areas and many service areas have pet areas (I think they are called), where you can let your dog out of the car and walk them or let them

Re: [Tagging] Pet Relief Areas

2015-05-15 Thread John Willis
Since so may people in Japan travel with small dogs, most parking areas and many service areas have pet areas (I think they are called), where you can let your dog out of the car and walk them or let them deficate. This is not an enclosed space - there are no fences or facilities. They are

Re: [Tagging] Removal of amenity from OSM tagging

2015-05-15 Thread John Willis
The real question is: At what scale is the Amenity an amenity of something? This variable answer is the source of he confusion. At the beginning, it was the amenity of the town. Amenity=school and amenity=hospital is a great example. But tagging complexity quickly grew in some objects (and

Re: [Tagging] amenity vs. shop *=ice_cream

2015-05-15 Thread John Willis
+1 Unless it is an amenity of a larger place, Like a Willy Wonka ice cream pool where you can just scoop ice cream out of with your hand - that's an amenity. A shop sells things. Like ice cream. I already described a shop that sells ice cream takeaway only (and not soft serve or scooped) -

Re: [Tagging] Maxspeed

2015-05-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com (615) 299-6451 Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.___ Tagging mailing list Tagging

Re: [Tagging] surface=pebbles - surface=pebblestone ?

2015-05-12 Thread John F. Eldredge
In American usage, gravel refers to both rounded and unrounded stones of similar size. For example, concrete often makes use of crushed stone in the gravel size; it is angular rather than rounded. Pea gravel is often used as an ornamental surface layer for concrete, but not for use within a

Re: [Tagging] HOT: potential Helicopter landings leisure=common

2015-05-11 Thread John Willis
This is a group doing some kind of specialized mapping for their pilots. We' discussing the best way for them to tag things for their use. This is not a tag all the soccer pitches helicopters could land on discussion. Javbw On May 11, 2015, at 8:00 PM, pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com

Re: [Tagging] shop=confectionery / pastry / candy / sweets

2015-05-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
In the same way, there is a tradition of boiled cookies in the USA, that are on the borderline between cookies (biscuits, in British terminology) and candy. They involve a sticky, sweetened grain, most commonly oatmeal (rolled oats). Here is an example:

Re: [Tagging] Tagging village sign

2015-05-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
In the USA, such signs are more commonly at or near the edge of the community, so that you see what community you are entering, rather than at its center. Also, while some communities have a public square, not all do so. On May 8, 2015 4:50:37 AM CDT, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)

Re: [Tagging] surface=pebbles - surface=pebblestone ?

2015-05-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
Speaking as an American, I would refer to that as a mix of cobbles and setts (some of the stones in the photo look rounded, some squared, and some irregular). They appear ti be about the size of a human palm. I think of pebbles as rocks of finger-diameter or less, such as the pea gravel often

Re: [Tagging] HOT: potential Helicopter landings leisure=common

2015-05-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
This is definitely something that needs a site survey. On May 11, 2015 6:00:29 AM CDT, pmailkeey . pmailk...@googlemail.com wrote: There are a number of reasons we shouldn't tag random places as potential emergency helipads: - Ground conditions - overhead obstructions - don't think we're

Re: [Tagging] shop=confectionery / pastry / candy / sweets

2015-05-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
Minor nitpick: desserts are sweet foods, usually eaten at the end of a meal. Deserts are areas with little rainfall, and sparse or no vegetation. On May 11, 2015 6:17:08 PM CDT, moltonel 3x Combo molto...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/05/2015, Andreas Goss andi...@t-online.de wrote: Pastry-only shops

Re: [Tagging] Proposed tag shop=wholesale

2015-05-10 Thread John Willis
You show your membership card at the door for entry, and again at purchase. All services and purchases are tied to your membership account. There are some regulations that prevent certain kinds of business from being membership based - so the pharmacy in the U.S. And Japan (don't know about

Re: [Tagging] Proposed tag shop=wholesale

2015-05-10 Thread John Willis
That's the argument on why I can't put brake pads on my car in Japan. I can't buy anything but air filters, batteries, motor oil in Japan - so car parts stores are either jammed full of accessories or you are buying through a trade/wholesale supplier who knows you are a certified mechanic

Re: [Tagging] US-style destination sign tagging

2015-05-09 Thread John Willis
On May 10, 2015, at 1:31 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: It seems that the destination sign tagging is a bit European-specific in expecting signs to have only one border, back and arrow color. That makes it a little hard to tag signs like these multicolored phenomenons:

Re: [Tagging] Proposed tag shop=wholesale

2015-05-08 Thread John Willis
On May 9, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: Wholesale implies a large quantity of goods, they sell in quantity (the quantity may be over some time, say a year). Then wholesale is an subtag on the shop, since it doesn't describe what they are selling, right? There are

Re: [Tagging] Proposed tag shop=wholesale

2015-05-08 Thread John Willis
On May 9, 2015, at 4:00 AM, Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us wrote: On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:04 AM, Andrew MacKinnon andrew...@gmail.com wrote: I propose to create the tag shop=wholesale for stores that sell large quantities of merchandise in bulk, such as Costco and Sam's Club.

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of pitches within a campsite

2015-05-06 Thread John Willis
There are several RV based camps in the mountains of San Diego that are large camps with amenities, stores, fishing pond, and other things. Yes, there is tent camping, but the major focus is the people staying (longer than a day) in their RV and there is absolutely nothing whatsoever around

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of pitches within a campsite

2015-05-06 Thread John F. Eldredge
I am using K-9, an open-source Android app. On May 5, 2015 6:35:40 PM CDT, David Bannon dban...@internode.on.net wrote: On Tue, 2015-05-05 at 18:22 -0500, John F. Eldredge wrote: It has been many years since I last went tent-camping, but my experience of campgrounds in the US national park

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of pitches within a campsite

2015-05-05 Thread John F. Eldredge
It has been many years since I last went tent-camping, but my experience of campgrounds in the US national park system was numbered poles marking each campsite, a grassy area for pitching a tent, and a charcoal grill mounted on a steel pole. You weren't allowed to cut brush or to have a fire on

Re: [Tagging] Camps

2015-05-05 Thread John Willis
:06 AM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 5:36 PM, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: I think this will best handled in operator for existing camp sites (plus access=private) or possibly make a separate tag under school= for the school camps - as those

Re: [Tagging] Camps

2015-05-04 Thread John Willis
. -1 Too easily confused with campgrounds. Yep, +1 The core difference between a summer camp and a campground is that the former has organized communal activities, and probably one or more themes (kids, religion, archery, etc.), and probably restrictions on arrival and departure

Re: [Tagging] Tag: shop: hifi

2015-05-02 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On May 2, 2015, at 2:32 AM, Daniel Koć daniel@koć.pl wrote: electronics says Tandy / Radio Shack / Maplin to me - with components, boards and soldering irons and cables/connectors. For me that would be electronic_parts or electronic_components these days. +1 -

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - opening hours default PH off

2015-04-30 Thread John F. Eldredge
discretion and will vary from year to year. Phil (trigpoint ) -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of pitches within a campsite

2015-04-29 Thread John Willis
On Apr 30, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Tod Fitch t...@fitchdesign.com wrote: I chose addr:housenumber because that's perfectly set up for routers That sounds like “tagging for the renderer” to me. I find it distasteful to reuse part of the addr:* namespace for this but if it must be done

Re: [Tagging] Meeting point

2015-04-24 Thread John Willis
The very large train stations in Tokyo have traditional meeting points, as a popular one would be near the Hachiko statue in Shibuya. I believe they are signed. I think the meeting point has a name beyond meeting point, so would it be okay to name I of it has an actual name beyond its

Re: [Tagging] fire extinguisher class

2015-04-23 Thread John Willis
The fire type is most important, but depending on the material used, it can be used on several types - So +1 for tagging the material first and foremost. Most common household extinguishers in the US are dry powder ABC extinguishers. At the bottom of the #united states section is a conversion

Re: [Tagging] proposal - camp_site=

2015-04-23 Thread John Willis
with the wording for basic, the first thing I thought about was the legality or designation of the spot, thinking it would influence the camp_site= level - when it fact it is all inside the camp_type proposal. You will have to help me here John, I don't quite see what you are trying to achieve

Re: [Tagging] electric zigarrettes

2015-04-23 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 24, 2015, at 7:01 AM, moltonel 3x Combo molto...@gmail.com wrote: to me using e-cigarettes *is* smoking. +1 An i-phone is still considered a phone. The rules governing e-cigs will stem from smoking in most places. I'm not going to include BBQs in smoking

Re: [Tagging] fire extinguisher class

2015-04-23 Thread John Willis
On Apr 24, 2015, at 8:46 AM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: they look at the colour. I agree that the letter codes wouldn't be used when looking for an extinguisher, but it is used for managing them. The color codes are not universal either. Also, here in Japan there are hello kitty

Re: [Tagging] proposal - camp_site=

2015-04-23 Thread John Willis
Seems great ! Javbw On Apr 24, 2015, at 9:52 AM, David Bannon dban...@internode.on.net wrote: On Fri, 2015-04-24 at 06:47 +0900, John Willis wrote: I don't want people to map known illegal camp sites or places they just happened to spend the night and think are nice

Re: [Tagging] Way inside riverbank

2015-04-22 Thread John F. Eldredge
at 10:47 AM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: The location of the deepest channel can change over time, as mudbanks or sandbanks shift position. This is why commercial vessels operating on rivers frequently rely upon a succession of pilots, each familiar with a particular

Re: [Tagging] addr:interpolation on highway

2015-04-22 Thread John F. Eldredge
? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out

Re: [Tagging] electric zigarrettes

2015-04-22 Thread John Willis
I haven't been back to America for a while, but the no smoking signs had and e-cigarettes added to the bottom when I was back last year. It may not be technically a cigarette, but it is perceived to be in the same family as other things that protrude from your mouth and allow for nicotine

Re: [Tagging] proposal - camp_site=

2015-04-22 Thread John Willis
I had a question about basic - I understand it's amenity level (flat spot + access) but the legality bit being the only qualifier: Would it just be for places that are somehow signed as for camping(designated), places where camping is legal and common (informal [yet legally allowed] existing

Re: [Tagging] Way inside riverbank

2015-04-20 Thread John F. Eldredge
mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -- Martin Luther King, Jr

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - trailhead

2015-04-16 Thread John Willis
Trials often overlap with other trails, fire roads (tracks) and may actually be tracks for most of the path until it turns off near the top of a peak or goes away from a restricted access zone. The Subashiri route on Mt Fuji is a pedestrian road, steps, trail, track, trail.. Etc as it

Re: [Tagging] sport=shooting Shooting Range

2015-04-13 Thread John Willis
let people know there are likely to be arrows flying around. On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 7:19 AM, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: I've usually seen leisure=pitch used with archery. Scanning through the few features tagged with leisure=range, they appear to all be shooting ranges. The only

Re: [Tagging] sport=shooting Shooting Range

2015-04-13 Thread John Willis
I've usually seen leisure=pitch used with archery. Scanning through the few features tagged with leisure=range, they appear to all be shooting ranges. The only big difference between them is the noise level and the length of the projectile. They both have designated stands for the

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - trailhead

2015-04-12 Thread John Willis
Maybe this is a good value for entrance? Or is entrance only for buildings and related structures? Entrance=trailhead? Also, as I understand it, a trailhead can be the name of an area at the beginning for a route (with parking and other amenities) - or do we cant to make a new area as well

Re: [Tagging] sport=shooting Shooting Range

2015-04-12 Thread John Willis
There are archery ranges as well - do we want to follow the pitch model and have it defined by sport Leisure=range Sport=archery / sport=archery Or Leisure=archery_range Leisure=shooting_range ? FYI, these can be completely indoor facilities, so you should be able to put them on

Re: [Tagging] sport=shooting Shooting Range

2015-04-12 Thread John Willis
I would tag sport=shooting as an area for preference .. that being the physical area where the shooting takes place. It should be used with some other tag .. say leisure=pitch? Pity the wiki does not specify it! Usually we have names for the area where things take place (pitch, track,

Re: [Tagging] Paintball

2015-04-12 Thread John Willis
On Apr 13, 2015, at 1:01 AM, Andreas Goss andi...@t-online.de wrote: Question is if we should to some retagging with shooting=paintball We don't have basketball=soccer, so I think it should be retagged. ^_^ Javbw ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] sport=shooting Shooting Range

2015-04-12 Thread John Willis
Leisure=range Sport=* Any place where you setup targets to practice marksmanship (with possibility of death if entered) should be a range. But maybe they are tying to pattern it after golf where the facilities and greens and whatnot are tagged as golf=* ~~~ Paintball would be... More

Re: [Tagging] Straw pole Temperature=objective default unit?

2015-04-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
other languages besides Italian, which is broken also for many other symbols ;-) cheers Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness

Re: [Tagging] Straw pole Temperature=objective default unit?

2015-04-11 Thread John Willis
If it's 42 f, you'd go into hypothermia almost instantly. =} Assuming c unless explicit should be enough for mapping. Javbw On Apr 12, 2015, at 8:23 AM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/04/2015 4:50 AM, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 9 April 2015 at 01:52, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] New values for entrance=

2015-04-10 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: ...but when there is a tag explicitly telling that the entrance is of a staircase type then I'd expect it not to be the main entrance (otherwise it would have been tagged as main, I'd

Re: [Tagging] New values for entrance=

2015-04-09 Thread John Willis
The most common door to be mapped is a fire door (often signed emergency exit in America), and some kind of escape, like access from underground to street level for a subway evacuation. Japan has a lot of elevated motorways on pillars, with noise walls, so essentially you're driving in a

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