Re: [Tagging] Shop for watches

2015-01-25 Thread John F. Eldredge
glancing at my wrist. It is still common to see people wearing watches. I now wear a smartwatch, meaning that I can check who called or texted me without having to pull out and unlock my phone. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do

Re: [Tagging] Wiki Edit War on using/avoiding semicolon lists

2015-01-24 Thread John F. Eldredge
. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging Agreed. Ad hominem attacks aren't a suitable way to discuss OSM issues. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do

Re: [Tagging] Ford and other river crossing : (was : waterway=wadi problem)

2015-01-24 Thread John Willis
Is a bridge in flood usable? I think not. This discussion is about rare, special bridges that are used for such a purpose. They are usually in places that flood where emergency access is still required, or they are the only means of accessing an otherwise inaccessible area. Normally, when

Re: [Tagging] Tagging road illumination quality

2015-01-17 Thread John F. Eldredge
You could use a light meter to measure how bright the light is. That isn't the only factor in the suitability of the lighting, but it is objective. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can

Re: [Tagging] Ethnic shops

2015-01-16 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 16, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Dan S danstowell+...@gmail.com wrote: That's not a flaw - you've already given the solution in your own email: Basically you want to label restaurants/shops only if they offer something different from what's the typical local fare.

Re: [Tagging] waterway=wadi problem

2015-01-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
, only the frequency of rainfall is different. -- 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 January 15, 2015 3:13:38 AM Christoph Hormann chris_horm

Re: [Tagging] waterway=wadi problem

2015-01-14 Thread John Willis
On Jan 15, 2015, at 2:00 AM, Tod Fitch t...@fitchdesign.com wrote: On Jan 14, 2015, at 8:28 AM, Wolfgang Zenker wrote: In my experience a wadi will go from completely dried up waterway or small stream to a raging river within a few seconds after some rainfall upstream, and back to its

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC: Reverse Vending Machine

2015-01-11 Thread John Willis
Would this be appropriate for the automated recycle centers that weigh recyclables and gave you credit? It is basically a dumpster with a scale and a terminal, but you leave behind cardboard, paper, etc for recycling. It's usually very limited in what they accept. Or is this thing just an

Re: [Tagging] Boundary Relations. What's a subarea used for?

2015-01-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
In the same manner, in some US states, cities and towns are subordinate to counties. In some other US states, such as Virginia, towns are subordinate to counties but cities are on the same administrative level as counties. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out

Re: [Tagging] religion=multi* ?

2015-01-09 Thread John Willis
00:17, John Willis wrote: Similarly, animal sacrifice and practicing voodoo at the airport's prayer room might get you arrested. Not even poodles? :) https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2015-January/020847.html Cheers, Andy

Re: [Tagging] religion=multi* ?

2015-01-09 Thread John Willis
prayer room might get you arrested. Multi seems the best fit. Javbw On Jan 10, 2015, at 12:58 AM, Andreas Neumann andr-neum...@gmx.net wrote: On 09.01.2015 13:52, John Sturdy wrote: Wouldn't it be simplest to leave the religion or denomination tag out, if the facility isn't specific

Re: [Tagging] religion=multi* ?

2015-01-09 Thread John Sturdy
Wouldn't it be simplest to leave the religion or denomination tag out, if the facility isn't specific to a particular religion or denomination? __John On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: On 09/01/2015 01:53, Tom Pfeifer wrote: Martin Koppenhoefer wrote on

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

2015-01-06 Thread John Willis
I think there is a big difference between a 5 story tall net (held up by massive poles) and a fence. If it was a 5 story tall fence or wall, we'd call it a building or a dam or something. These giant nets usually found near ballsports need their own tag - or maybe a new value of fence=net or

Re: [Tagging] barrier=net ?

2015-01-06 Thread John Willis
Volkmann b...@volki.at wrote: On 07.01.2015 02:43, John Willis wrote: I think there is a big difference between a 5 story tall net (held up by massive poles) and a fence. If it was a 5 story tall fence or wall, we'd call it a building or a dam or something. I would call it a fence

Re: [Tagging] Change of rendering: place of worship and terminal without building tag

2015-01-05 Thread John Willis
I thought tat was a feature, to actually deprecate the landuse from the buildings, so we don't have the similar issue again of a building and area rendered the same. If -carto rendered landuse=religious, then the POW would be tagged on buildings, sitting on the landuse with hopefully a

Re: [Tagging] correct access tagging for tourist attraction

2015-01-03 Thread John F. Eldredge
That is how I had interpreted access=destination also. Just because it has a specific legal meaning in the UK doesn't mean the tag can't be used elsewhere in the world. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out

Re: [Tagging] Change of rendering: place of worship and, terminal without building tag

2015-01-03 Thread John F. Eldredge
The situation in India could mean that a congregation was meeting on that site, and planned to construct a building there, but had not yet done so. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can

Re: [Tagging] correct access tagging for tourist attraction

2015-01-03 Thread John F. Eldredge
So a reasonable solution would be to tag roadways as access=private if they can only be used by specific people such as residents or maintenance vehicles, and access=destination if the general public can use them to enter a particular area, but can't use them as a through route. -- John F

Re: [Tagging] Change of rendering: place of worship and terminal without building tag

2015-01-03 Thread John Willis
On Jan 3, 2015, at 5:26 PM, Andreas Goss andi...@t-online.de wrote: Since when do we use ways for landuse=* ? Also I have not found a single one that is tagged like you say. They are all areas. I think he means closed way = area, as landuse implies area=yes . Javbw Why

Re: [Tagging] Accuracy of survey

2014-12-31 Thread John Willis
It was over 5 meters in some places along the coast, but only a very small part. Under the ocean, it was 25m. Most of japan stayed put, but the northern section along the coast was stretched a bit wider, but the coast sank about 1m, so with coastal flooding, japan didn't get that much bigger.

Re: [Tagging] lanes=-1 especially in Canada

2014-12-30 Thread John F. Eldredge
pause to allow a vehicle going the other direction to pass by. Given how sparsely-populated some of the northern regions of Canada are, I would not be surprised to find some one-lane roads, and some extensive areas with no roads at all. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness

Re: [Tagging] lanes=-1 especially in Canada

2014-12-30 Thread John F. Eldredge
On 12/30/2014 03:16 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: On 12/29/2014 04:16 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: I rolled the map-roulette wheel, and found a series of highways in Canada marked with lanes=-1, all part of a CANVEC import. I see 17,943 uses of this value: it's less popular than 5 lanes but more

Re: [Tagging] oneway=no spams

2014-12-29 Thread John Willis
On Dec 29, 2014, at 3:20 AM, Andy Street a...@street.me.uk wrote: I notice a quicky increasing number of oneway=no tags on roads, probably due to editors offering some flashy list box for the oneway key. If you mistakenly check the one way box on a road preset in iD, unchecking the box

Re: [Tagging] Moveable objects tagged as building=*

2014-12-16 Thread John Willis
Semi temporary buildings are usually called portables. Schools I have been to in the US will have them in place for several years, though they lack a foundation and can be moved away whole or in sections as a truck trailer - similar to a mobile home. Although the method is not similar, the

Re: [Tagging] [tagging] Amenity=Ufficio_Pubblico

2014-12-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
of governmental buildings and services. Your input is appreciated. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/landuse%3Dcivic javbw On Dec 16, 2014, at 7:30 AM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: On 12/15/2014 08:31 AM, Simone Savio wrote: Hi propose

Re: [Tagging] Moveable objects tagged as building=*

2014-12-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
are removed. On December 16, 2014 8:30:31 AM CST, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:44 AM, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: Semi temporary buildings are usually called portables. Schools I have been to in the US will have them in place for several years, though

Re: [Tagging] [tagging] Amenity=Ufficio_Pubblico

2014-12-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
? An information office? The concept exists in English. Ufficio pubblico looks like it would translate as public office; again, the concept exists in English. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can

Re: [Tagging] Distinction between amenity=restaurant and fast_food

2014-12-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
/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. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Tagging] Distinction between amenity=restaurant and fast_food

2014-12-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
/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. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Tagging] Distinction between amenity=restaurant and fast_food

2014-12-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
I would not be surprised to find some establishments where the emphasis is on food up through mid-evening, but the kitchen closes earlier than the bar does, leaving the final hours of operation to offer only beverages and perhaps some precooked snack food. -- John F. Eldredge -- j

Re: [Tagging] man_made=adit_entrance

2014-12-08 Thread John F. Eldredge
to more than just the entrance to the mine. -- 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. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Water tap

2014-12-06 Thread John F. Eldredge
@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. -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Re: [Tagging] path vs footway

2014-11-29 Thread John Willis
Interesting! Those are huge cycle ways! Here in japan, they designate small service roads normally blocked with bollards as cycle ways, as the distances covered between the intersecting roads are very long (1-2km sometimes) and sometimes more direct than the road system - but nothing more a

Re: [Tagging] Various alt_name values?

2014-11-25 Thread John F. Eldredge
suggested in that thread. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09 E008°23'33 ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Street cabinet - Voting

2014-11-19 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 darkness; only light can do

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - Street cabinet - Voting

2014-11-18 Thread John Willis
On Nov 18, 2014, at 9:50 PM, François Lacombe fl.infosrese...@gmail.com wrote: How would you tag a mail relay box differently ? Such relay boxes are key-part of national postal infrastructure. I thought it fit well enough, so I voted yes. I also saw a solution to my cabinet problem as

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Water tap

2014-11-13 Thread John F. Eldredge
as it is intended for fellow mappers). cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Water tap

2014-11-13 Thread John F. Eldredge
as it is intended for fellow mappers). cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge

Re: [Tagging] place=island wiki page - coastline

2014-11-06 Thread John F. Eldredge
The Caspian Sea, the Dead Sea, and the Great Salt Lake are all landlocked bodies of salt water. There are other salt lakes around the world, plus various brackish bodies of water (of an intermediate degree of saltiness). The Sea of Galilee is fresh water. Language is imprecise. On November

Re: [Tagging] governmental / public_administrative landuse are not commercial

2014-11-06 Thread John Willis
That is an interesting question. I think that falls outside the goal of this tag but I am unsure. In America, Amtrak is nationalized, but I think most of their facilities would fall under transportation related things - railway stations, etc. but their main office, which is not a train station,

Re: [Tagging] what does maxheight=none mean?

2014-10-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
An example would be where the sign had fallen off, or been stolen by vandals. On October 29, 2014 8:05:10 AM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-10-29 14:01 GMT+01:00 Tom Pfeifer t.pfei...@computer.org: Then it happens that a 3 m bridge that for some reason has no sign

Re: [Tagging] How to tag severely destroyed forest track?

2014-10-27 Thread John Willis
I was tagging tracks in the desert, and ran across some similar issues. Some of the tracks are abandoned because they were no longer needed/ wanted (officially) in a wilderness park, or heavily damaged or unmantainable because of the road's position in a ravine. But people who want to use the

Re: [Tagging] what does maxheight=none mean?

2014-10-26 Thread John F. Eldredge
Speaking of permanent structures, is there a recommended way of tagging a maxheight that is temporarily lower, such as when scaffolding is erected under a bridge for painting or repairs? On October 24, 2014 6:10:48 PM CDT, Kytömaa Lauri lauri.kyto...@aalto.fi wrote: Personally, i use

Re: [Tagging] Pre-RFC: shop=mall versus shop=shopping_centre

2014-10-21 Thread John Willis
On Oct 21, 2014, at 9:54 PM, Bryan Housel br...@7thposition.com wrote: Your description of a mall as an enclosed place makes sense to me, but where I live they seem to call anything a “mall”. Here is the Watchung Square Mall”: http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/258702838 and the “Valley

Re: [Tagging] Pre-RFC: shop=mall versus shop=shopping_centre

2014-10-21 Thread John Willis
for a bank, florist, coffee shop,, dry cleaner, or a donut shop. But 3 little stores doesn't make it a mall. A mall is a big, special place. Javbw On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 8:22 AM, John Willis jo...@mac.com wrote: On Oct 21, 2014, at 9:54 PM, Bryan Housel br...@7thposition.com wrote

Re: [Tagging] Pre-RFC: shop=mall versus shop=shopping_centre

2014-10-20 Thread John F. Eldredge
At least in the USA, mall usually refers to a group of stores around a pedestrian-only courtyard, often with a common roof over both the stores and the courtyard space, and sharing a common parking lot. Shopping center usually refers to a linear or C-shaped group of stores, with a common

Re: [Tagging] Pre-RFC: shop=stationery, shop=office_supplies

2014-10-20 Thread John F. Eldredge
I haven't noticed one for several years, but there used to be stores that specialized in selling greeting cards and small ornamental gifts. Hallmark greeting cards had a retail chain. On October 20, 2014 7:34:19 PM CDT, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: When I think of a stationery shop,

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - relation type=person

2014-10-14 Thread John Willis
On Oct 14, 2014, at 9:39 PM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: I think we should have notability, like Wikipedia. Every time I mention importance or similar, everyone gets in a huff, as they think that it will start an edit war or something. We trust mappers to do everything, and make

Re: [Tagging] Problem with rendering natural=saddle

2014-10-14 Thread John Willis
Since the mapper of the saddle knows the direction, why can't the saddle have a directional icon rendered if it is on a way that represents the passable section of the saddle, following the ridgeline? Simple and effective. I'm sure the mapper understands the direction of the saddle quite

Re: [Tagging] Truckage company

2014-10-09 Thread John Sturdy
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Andreas Labres l...@lab.at wrote: Any suggestion how to tag a transport company (a company forwarding goods, don't know how you call these guys from the Güterbeförderungsgewerbe like DPD etc. in English)? The companies often refer to their sector as

Re: [Tagging] governmental / public_administrative landuse are not commercial

2014-10-07 Thread John Willis
Sent from my iPad On Oct 7, 2014, at 10:08 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-10-07 14:57 GMT+02:00 johnw jo...@mac.com: For example, I'm a foreign resident in Japan. I have to visit the regional offices to renew my visa every year or so. It's always a busy

Re: [Tagging] Retag: craft=sweep = craft=chimney_sweep

2014-10-04 Thread John F. Eldredge
Chimney sweeps still exist in the USA, although they offer a variety of services. The usual term for the industry is Heating/Ventilating/Air Conditioning Repair, often abbreviated to HVAC Repair. I had my chimney cleaned a few years ago. The technique used was a powerful, truck-mounted vacuum

Re: [Tagging] New key proposal - paved=yes/no

2014-10-01 Thread John F. Eldredge
Compacted usually means compacted earth (the soil has been packed more densely, but no other hard surface has been added). A dirt road simply has the native soil exposed, with perhaps some grading done, but again no topping added. To my mind, neither of these count as paved. On September 30,

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Tagging for complex junctions or traffic signals that are named

2014-09-29 Thread john
So, if you have an intersection of two streets, with one traffic signal facing each direction, each of the four traffic signals will have its own distinct name? On September 29, 2014 4:45:33 PM CDT, Lukas Sommer sommer...@gmail.com wrote: The case of Japan is different. In Japan, the name

Re: [Tagging] Forest vs Wood

2014-09-24 Thread John Sturdy
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Andrew Guertin andrew.guer...@uvm.edu wrote: landcover=forest anywhere there's trees on the ground This doesn't agree with my (British English) understanding of the terms; a wood can be small, but a forest is always large. Small and large being loosely

Re: [Tagging] (Soapy) Massage Parlour

2014-09-24 Thread John F. Eldredge
It is my understanding that Britain also uses the true statements that harm a reputation are libel, but that it is mainly used against the news media. -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love

Re: [Tagging] New key proposal - paved=yes/no

2014-09-22 Thread John F. Eldredge
I am American, and the concept of a toll cycleway is not one I have encountered either. On September 22, 2014 3:55:03 AM p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: Toll? I assume that means the same in US English as in UK English? You really have to pay to use cycleways? How is the toll collected and

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Tagging for complex junctions or traffic signals that are named

2014-09-21 Thread John Willis
It should be pretty trivial to have the area share nodes with the highway ways where the signals would normally be mapped. Like drawing a square around a tic-tac-toe board, but the shared nodes are only on one side at a time. Also, I think It could also share nodes with the walkways and other

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-21 Thread John F. Eldredge
Another difference between college dormitories and apartments is that dormitory rooms usually lack cooking facilities, and, at least in older buildings, may have communal toilet/shower facilities rather than en suite facilities. On September 20, 2014 8:47:08 AM sabas88 saba...@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] (Soapy) Massage Parlour

2014-09-21 Thread John Willis
The name tag can be whatever it is, but making a amenity=soapland might be what you are looking for. That way there is no confusion with massage places and clearly understood to be for adult services. Javbw. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2014, at 1:05 PM, Mishari Muqbil

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Tagging for complex junctions or traffic signals that are named

2014-09-19 Thread John Baker
Yeah sadly it is fairly complex to display different icons in different locations. Not something we will doing in OSM carto for a good while. From: jo...@mac.com Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 07:07:56 +0900 To: tagging@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Tagging for

Re: [Tagging] The not-shops: industrial, industry, or business

2014-09-18 Thread John F. Eldredge
for shop=bicycle or shop=skateboard alone. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09 E008°23'33 ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John

Re: [Tagging] The not-shops: industrial, industry, or business

2014-09-12 Thread John Willis
Yea, there needs to be a better framework for adding shops that are not in the system is a manner that is consistent, and possibly can work with -carto to have icons added by users without so much hassle. Here in japan, they have several different types of fast food, quick restaurants, and

Re: [Tagging] Route relations - Forward Backward

2014-09-05 Thread John F. Eldredge
because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness

Re: [Tagging] cliffs and embankents or anything else

2014-09-04 Thread John F. Eldredge
://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. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.___ Tagging mailing list Tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - nudism

2014-09-02 Thread John Packer
*Voting starts today* and will *end on 19.07.2014* with hopefully many votes from all of you I think you mean 19.09.2014 ;-) 2014-09-02 7:03 GMT-03:00 Heiko Wöhrle m...@heikowoehrle.de: Hi everybody, i would like to bring the tag nudism to vote Several issues of the discussion have

Re: [Tagging] floating or pontoon bridges?

2014-09-02 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 darkness; only

Re: [Tagging] Unification of google-plus links

2014-09-02 Thread John Packer
Why use contact: here, when it's not used by the majority anywhere else. +1 2014-08-29 22:46 GMT-03:00 Andreas Goss andi...@t-online.de: I don't want to change the addr:-, website-, phone-, fax- or email-key!!! I never said it. As Tobias pointed out, we have to look at the bigger

Re: [Tagging] floating or pontoon bridges?

2014-09-02 Thread John F. Eldredge
: http://www.betonkanu-regatta.de/ ;-) cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F

Re: [Tagging] Ablution area

2014-08-31 Thread John Packer
amenity=religious_ablution or similar would be better indeed. 2014-08-31 10:19 GMT-03:00 Dave Swarthout daveswarth...@gmail.com: I don't know about that. I only wanted to point out that there are other usages of that word. The religious context is only one of several so there might be some

Re: [Tagging] Unification of google-plus links

2014-08-29 Thread John Packer
The character plus (+) is an unusual character for keys indeed. I believe it's because people usually say x=y + a=b when talking about a combination of two tags. 2014-08-29 11:36 GMT-03:00 Andreas Neumann andr-neum...@gmx.net: The problem is the + and the space sign. Both are bad chars for a

Re: [Tagging] leisure=common

2014-08-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
things besides village commons. I agree that this is an overly-vague definition. -- 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. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Re: [Tagging] Contact-Tag for Webcam

2014-08-28 Thread John F. Eldredge
= ? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out darkness

Re: [Tagging] default value for oneway

2014-08-28 Thread John Packer
For a street, there is no practical difference nowadays between no and unset, which is a smell for me. Either way means no. For the software? No, there isn't a difference. For the mapper? Yes, there is a difference. Since nowadays NULL for a street means oneway=no a change in the semantics

Re: [Tagging] Map Features template

2014-08-27 Thread John Packer
Map Features page right now. I just want people to avoid this kind of Map Features Template on normal pages. Cheers, John 2014-08-27 5:22 GMT-03:00 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:36 PM, John Packer john.pack...@gmail.com wrote: Some people like these templates because

[Tagging] Religious landuse

2014-08-26 Thread John Packer
=place_of_worship. Also, I believe amenity=place_of_worship is enough for indicating the religious area in most cases. Cheers, John [1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Alanduse%3Dreligious [2]: http://josm.openstreetmap.de/ticket/10262 ___ Tagging mailing list

[Tagging] Map Features template

2014-08-26 Thread John Packer
by adding them in the english page. But this new value appears in english, so in my opinion it kinda defeats the purpose of the non-english page... Cheers, John [1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Map_Features:contact ___ Tagging mailing

Re: [Tagging] Contact-Tag for Webcam

2014-08-26 Thread John F. Eldredge
@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging It is a communication channel, but only one-way. The image seen by the camera is communicated to whomever is watching it at its destination, or whomever may watch the recorded image later. -- John F. Eldredge -- j

Re: [Tagging] Reproposal of tourism=aquarium

2014-08-25 Thread John Packer
And I feel like most of the values would better fit with a key like amusement _ride= or amusement _ride:xxx=yes. Now that you mentioned I just remembered. There is a proposal that uses the key attraction=* for describring objects from theme parks, zoos, etc. See

Re: [Tagging] minus or underscore in attribute values?

2014-08-25 Thread John F. Eldredge
English colleagues can agree on the separator space or hyphen. Pieren ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com Darkness cannot drive out

Re: [Tagging] Reproposal of tourism=aquarium

2014-08-24 Thread John Packer
I don't agree with the tourism=attraction argument. Isn't a museum a touristic attraction too? At least as much as an aquarium. Yet we don't tag it as tourism=attraction + attraction=museum As long as it is documented on the wiki, it shouldn't be a problem for people making queries in OSM.

Re: [Tagging] interpolated housenumbers on single objects

2014-08-20 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 darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - nudism

2014-08-19 Thread John Packer
...@heikowoehrle.de: Hi John, yes i would like to bring that to vote.It is an attempt to unify the tagging for this purpose. I just changed the status to proposed and set a voting date. Best regards, Heiko Am 19.08.2014 01:18, schrieb John Packer: Heiko, You added the key naturism

Re: [Tagging] Wayside shrines that are not historic

2014-08-19 Thread John Packer
Mateusz, You should use historic=wayside_shrine for wayside shrines, regardless of whether they are historic or not. Just like the tag amenity=place_of_worship is used even on grounds of gnostic or atheist religions. Cheers, John 2014-08-19 12:52 GMT-03:00 Mateusz Konieczny matkoni

Re: [Tagging] problem with bicycle=designated

2014-08-19 Thread John F. Eldredge
://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. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] Synonymous values in the shop key

2014-08-18 Thread John Packer
I'm not sure what is a gelateria. Couldn't this be tagged simply with amenity=cafe + cuisine=ice_cream ? 2014-08-18 8:23 GMT-03:00 Simone Saviolo simone.savi...@gmail.com: 2014-08-14 10:40 GMT+02:00 Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org: Hi, On 08/14/2014 08:09 AM, Mateusz Konieczny wrote:

Re: [Tagging] Commons: mixed purposes

2014-08-18 Thread John Packer
Perhaps such a category should only be tagged exactly when it's not linked on a wikidata page. Otherwise it seems unnecessary. As Andreas mentioned, if people can add this tag even when it's linked on the wikidata page, eventually people will start adding wikiquote=* wikivoyage=* and so on.

Re: [Tagging] separator for addr:housenumber=*

2014-08-18 Thread John Packer
I believe comma is used instead of semi-colon because the key addr:housenumber frequently gets rendered, and comma is the common separator symbol for end users. 2014-08-18 11:04 GMT-03:00 fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com: Hey On the English wiki page [1] comma is the proposed separator for

Re: [Tagging] Commons: mixed purposes

2014-08-18 Thread John Packer
Some automatically evaluations to find tags with low numbers under main name space would be useful, as I find these kind of page quite often and it would ease administration. I think that's the closest to what you want: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/taginfo/apidoc#api_4_keys_all

Re: [Tagging] Commons: mixed purposes

2014-08-18 Thread John Packer
Andy, Usually there is no problem in creating a page documented the key or tag you want to use. I don't think this case is an exception. The only thing is that a key/tag documented without a proposal is more likely to have a future merge/redefinition/deprecation/etc. 2014-08-18 18:57 GMT-03:00

Re: [Tagging] Commons: mixed purposes

2014-08-18 Thread John Packer
For example, I consider it problematic to duplicate the functionality of the image key by allowing links to individual images. And I guess there will be different opinions whether a wikidata link should always replace commons links or whether they should coexist. +1 2014-08-18 19:38

Re: [Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - nudism

2014-08-18 Thread John Packer
Heiko, You added the key naturism=* to the proposal. Is this also being voted on, or is the proposal just mentioning there are some uses of this other key ? 2014-08-18 20:08 GMT-03:00 Heiko Wöhrle m...@heikowoehrle.de: Hi everybody, i'd like to readdress an old draft from Xan, that has

Re: [Tagging] RENDER

2014-08-15 Thread John Packer
- way: addr:housenumber=1; my_tag=nothing_known_elsewhere; render=pink - way: addr:housenumber=2; other_tag=known_only_by_me; render=yellow - way: addr:housebumber=3; my_private_tag=dont_use_it; render=violet - way: addr:housebumber=4; unique_tag=only_taginfo_knows_me;

Re: [Tagging] Mapping cave tunnels passable by human

2014-08-14 Thread John Packer
One question. How would people map a cave? As far as I know, GPSes don't really work underground, and obviously there is no sattelite imagery for them. I imagine that's why there is no scheme right now. 2014-08-14 8:22 GMT-03:00 André Pirard a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com: On 2014-08-14 12:31,

Re: [Tagging] Mapping cave tunnels passable by human

2014-08-14 Thread John F. Eldredge
Plus, our mapping scheme is limited in its ability to record three-dimensional spaces. I don't know how we would map this is one continuous passage, but with a deep pit in the center, so you will need special equipment to bridge the gap. On August 14, 2014 6:35:52 AM CDT, John Packer

Re: [Tagging] Mapping cave tunnels passable by human

2014-08-14 Thread John Sturdy
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: Maybe not completely obvious, but I would agree with Janko. In my opinion, a tunnel is man-made, while a cave is not. On the whole, yes, but there are some artificial underground cavities that are referred to as

Re: [Tagging] Mapping cave tunnels passable by human

2014-08-14 Thread John Packer
Forget routing in caves. There's no GPS. And those who get lost without routing apps will get lost in a cave anyway. +1 2014-08-14 12:32 GMT-03:00 Friedrich Volkmann b...@volki.at: On 14.08.2014 13:18, Dan S wrote: I think that it is an obvious idea, but wiki claimed that At the moment

Re: [Tagging] bridge movable vs swing vs swinging

2014-08-13 Thread John Packer
Just noticed that some mappers resort to adding building=yes or similar to make it render at all. Note that bridges that are buildings actually exist. [1] But adding building=* to a bridge when it's not the case would be tagging (incorrectly) for the renderer. [1]:

Re: [Tagging] Bitcoin: Distinction of purchase through website and cash register/Point of sale

2014-08-13 Thread John Packer
I think it should be website:payment:bitcoin=yes instead of payment:website:bitcoin=yes 2014-08-13 9:20 GMT-03:00 Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com: I'm ok with that. A shop that has online Bitcoin paying: shop=computer + payment:website:bitcoin=yes + website=http://www.shop.com An office of

Re: [Tagging] bridge movable vs swing vs swinging

2014-08-12 Thread John Packer
are in a bridge/viaduct, they are drawn as separate bridges. Drawing the area of the bridge would solve that. Cheers, John 2014-08-12 6:26 GMT-03:00 Richard Z. ricoz@gmail.com: On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 12:23:35AM -0400, Christopher Hoess wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:57 PM, SomeoneElse li

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