Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-04 Thread althio forum
/ DISCLAIMER / Trying to keep here only what is relevant to initial request. Starting new threads for side topics. previous proposals: - armed_forces - army. - military - military_vehicles - military_personnel cannot be military because that key is taken First: Shame that namespace is not

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-12-04 16:29 GMT+01:00 althio forum althio.fo...@gmail.com: Second choice: I would like military. Is the overload of the key such a no-go... Third: I'll go for military_vehicles. +1 actually I am not completely sure about the overload problem, because we already do it elsewhere (might

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-04 Thread Florian Schäfer
Am 04.12.2014 um 16:46 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: 2014-12-04 16:29 GMT+01:00 althio forum althio.fo...@gmail.com mailto:althio.fo...@gmail.com: Second choice: I would like military. Is the overload of the key such a no-go... Third: I'll go for military_vehicles. +1

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-04 Thread Philip Barnes
On Tue, 2014-12-02 at 17:23 +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2014-12-02 15:04 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk: I would suggest the tag private_hire. thank you, that sounds good and superficial internet search confirms that we are talking about the same kind of

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-03 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2014-12-03 at 06:35:29 +0100, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: Are there really road signs with addional plates listing all of that stuff? often, yes How big are those signs, and how long does it take for a driver to read them? enought time that you just don't stop to read them and assume that

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-03 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
Are there really road signs with additional plates listing all of that stuff? Some egregious example from Poland: https://www.google.pl/maps/@50.0661474,19.9390468,3a,41.6y,230.88h,84.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-rGw0-IoKZGQKjyZKeRl0Q!2e0?hl=en How big are those signs, and how long does it take for

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-03 Thread Daniel Koć
W dniu 2014-12-03 11:02, Mateusz Konieczny pisze: Are there really road signs with additional plates listing all of that stuff? Some egregious example from Poland: https://www.google.pl/maps/@50.0661474,19.9390468,3a,41.6y,230.88h,84.66t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-rGw0-IoKZGQKjyZKeRl0Q!2e0?hl=en

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-12-02 21:05 GMT+01:00 Ole Nielsen on-...@xs4all.nl: On 02/12/2014 14:48, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: In short, I think we should add more access classes to the wiki: - armed_forces=yes/no etc. (identifier cannot be military because that key is taken) I think military_personnel=* is

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-12-03 6:35 GMT+01:00 Friedrich Volkmann b...@volki.at: I guess that these regulations are not done by explicit listing, but by definition of ZTLs in the laws. So all you need is a tag like highway=ztl or highway=pedestrian+pedestrian=ztl, and some comment on the default access page.

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-03 Thread althio forum
Long post to follow so this is a short version. too long; didn't read [TL;DR]: (1) proposing tagging for zone like ZTL: highway/zone:traffic=IT:limited_traffic_zone (2) proposing access=authorised (3) I don't like acronyms (4) attempt to modify access categories and labels Long post: Old

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-03 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-12-03 12:35 GMT+01:00 althio forum althio.fo...@gmail.com: Long post to follow so this is a short version. (1) proposing tagging for zone like ZTL: highway/zone:traffic=IT:limited_traffic_zone there is actually a proposal for this kind of zone, to be mapped as a polygon, useful e.g.

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Appearantly nobody cares for access any more? Maybe my mail was too long, or you got the impression that this was referring to Italy only. In short, I think we should add more access classes to the wiki: - armed_forces=yes/no etc. (identifier cannot be military because that key is taken) -

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-02 Thread Marc Gemis
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: - public_utility (this was referred to as public administration in my original mail, but has now been corrected after I found the actual legal text [1]). these include: public bodies / statutory corporations and

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-02 Thread Philip Barnes
On Tue Dec 02 2014 13:48:56 GMT+ (GMT), Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Appearantly nobody cares for access any more? Maybe my mail was too long, or you got the impression that this was referring to Italy only. In short, I think we should add more access classes to the wiki: -

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-02 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-12-02 15:04 GMT+01:00 Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk: I would suggest the tag private_hire. thank you, that sounds good and superficial internet search confirms that we are talking about the same kind of service. Would you agree that those aren't a part of psv?

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-02 Thread Ole Nielsen
On 02/12/2014 14:48, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: In short, I think we should add more access classes to the wiki: - armed_forces=yes/no etc. (identifier cannot be military because that key is taken) I think military_personnel=* is better. Armed forces in my opinion refers to the entire

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-12-02 Thread Friedrich Volkmann
On 24.11.2014 12:57, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: We are currently trying on the Italian mailing list to get a good tagging for the ZTL (zona a traffico limitato - limited traffic zone), which do exist in various Italian cities and are not LEZ (low emmission zones) because the latter according

[Tagging] access in the wiki

2014-11-24 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
We are currently trying on the Italian mailing list to get a good tagging for the ZTL (zona a traffico limitato - limited traffic zone), which do exist in various Italian cities and are not LEZ (low emmission zones) because the latter according to the wiki and external definitions are zones which

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014/1/15 martinq osm-mart...@fantasymail.de in service was (and is) not required by the definition description of the psv tag or the taxi. Only in bus it was mixed in (acting as a public service). in service is implicit in public service vehicle, because if they are not in service they

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-16 Thread Colin Smale
Nobody uses the archaic word omnibus these days. You may as well suggest replacing car with horseless carriage. I really think we are trying to square a circle here. There are irreconcilable differences between countries, and we should not waste our energy in a war of attrition. Whether a

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014/1/16 Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl Nobody uses the archaic word omnibus these days. this is not a real problem, rather it might be a benefit, because it will avoid people using the term and guessing about the meaning. You may as well suggest replacing car with horseless carriage.

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-16 Thread Colin Smale
On 2014-01-16 17:55, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2014/1/16 Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl If the semantics of a tag/value are different by country, let us just document the standards for that country and move on. I'd prefer to use a different tag then, because that's what tagging

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-16 Thread Nick Allen
Hi, I think this is in danger of getting too technical. As a for instance; a taxi in the UK is actually legally classed as a 'hackney carriage'. However it normally carries a sign saying 'taxi' and in general terms everyone knows what a taxi in the UK is. The driver, if employed as a 'taxi

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-15 Thread martinq
I have interpreted psv (public service VEHICLE), bus and taxi as vehicle categories in the past, but never required these keys in my area. So for me an empty taxi is allowed on taxi=yes. it is not a question whether it is empty or not (it might be going to pick up someone) but

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-15 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/15/14 2:24 PM, martinq wrote: because of the JOSM turn restriction plugin? What about changing that plugin? no, the argument for depreciation was: There is no need for this artificial group: Grouping taxi (both in service as well as not in service) with only those buses acting as public

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-14 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014/1/13 martinq osm-mart...@fantasymail.de I have interpreted psv (public service VEHICLE), bus and taxi as vehicle categories in the past, but never required these keys in my area. So for me an empty taxi is allowed on taxi=yes. it is not a question whether it is empty or not (it might

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
I propose to move psv (including taxi and bus) from the vehicle classes section to the section by use, because that's what it is. I agree. (Usage, that relies on the current hierarchy should be limited to non-existent) Country differences again. Around here (Finland) all signs(* refer to just

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014/1/13 Kytömaa Lauri lauri.kyto...@aalto.fi Country differences again. Around here (Finland) all signs(* refer to just vehicles registered as a bus, even those that allow buses and taxis on their own lanes. Effectively nobody would try to use a personal bus anyway, because the extra

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread martinq
Hi, I propose to move psv (including taxi and bus) from the vehicle classes section to the section by use, because that's what it is. maybe that is what it should have been in the past. Sadly the actual use in real world tagging seems to interpret bus also as vehicle

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread martinq
Hi, sorry, made a mistake: 2) If other restrictions (maxweight or - more precisely - maxgcweight, maxgcweightrating or maxactualweight) are made conditional, we need an update of our conditional tagging, for example by introducing use: Of course this is already possible in conditional

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/13/14 1:04 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: psv reads public service vehicle, clearly a use type. e.g. busses is correct as is i.e. busses and taxis (but the latter might forget some other kind of psv). Still this clearly doesn't include any buses (vehicle class, usually vehicles with more

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014/1/13 Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net we may need to spend some time on this. the turn restriction plugin for josm uses psv, but seemingly with the implication of emergency/service vehicles (not including buses and taxis) for things like u-turns on motorways. i think we need some

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/13/14 2:48 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2014/1/13 Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net we may need to spend some time on this. the turn restriction plugin for josm uses psv, but seemingly with the implication of emergency/service vehicles (not including buses and taxis) for things

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread martinq
Obvious issue: 200,000 uses of bus... OK, probably most of them are associated with public_transport (e.g. bus stops). So the number of bus related access-restrictions is probably much lower. martinq ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-13 Thread martinq
I started mapping in Jan 2008. By that time it was already clear that psv was taxis and buses. If we start questioning every consensus (even those documented on central pages of the wiki like the access-page) we can stop mapping now ;-) I have interpreted psv (public service VEHICLE), bus and

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014/1/9 Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com 2014/1/9 Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com I propose to move psv (including taxi and bus) from the vehicle classes section to the section by use, because that's what it is. I agree. (Usage, that relies on the current hierarchy should be

[Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
I propose to move psv (including taxi and bus) from the vehicle classes section to the section by use, because that's what it is. page for reference: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] access in the wiki: move psv to by use

2014-01-08 Thread Martin Vonwald
2014/1/9 Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com I propose to move psv (including taxi and bus) from the vehicle classes section to the section by use, because that's what it is. I agree. (Usage, that relies on the current hierarchy should be limited to non-existent) And maybe it is time