Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature (mark 2)

2015-03-25 Thread Warin
On 26/03/2015 11:03 AM, Warin wrote: Hi, I have moved this proposal back into the Comments phase, where ideas and comments can be dealt with, rather than the Voting phase where a change makes the previous votes invalid. Changes? More verbose. A very small sample from the OSM data base.

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature (mark 2)

2015-03-25 Thread Warin
Hi, I have moved this proposal back into the Comments phase, where ideas and comments can be dealt with, rather than the Voting phase where a change makes the previous votes invalid. Changes? More verbose. A very small sample from the OSM data base. Maximum and Minimum limits. Seasonal/time

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-18 Thread Warin
Added 'mild' with note. Changed the order to reflect what I think will be the more frequent use. Tried to add separation horizontal bar to the table for clarity. On 12/02/2015 5:38 PM, johnw wrote: tepid and mild are synonyms, so tepid should cover mild in that way. usually tepid is for

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-13 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 5:38 PM, johnw wrote: tepid and mild are synonyms, so tepid should cover mild in that way. usually tepid is for liquids, and mild is for air / weather, when it comes to temperature, AFAIK. Is ambient is for the ambient air/weather, ambient ground temp, or ambient material

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Why is a node needed? Here some samples.. Do you have any examples where a specific temperature is measurable? Do you imagine these tags getting used for buildings like motel rooms, huts and caves: and if so what's the suggested tagging scheme for the typical cases? --

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-12 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 9:43 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Why is a node needed? Here some samples.. Do you have any examples where a specific temperature is measurable? Do you imagine these tags getting used for buildings like motel rooms, huts and caves: and if so what's the suggested tagging scheme for

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-12 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 7:30 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:51 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: I'd add the tag to any node where I thought the temperature important, significant and I knew the temperature .. even if only subjective .. such as hot. If the temperature changes

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-12 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:51 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: I'd add the tag to any node where I thought the temperature important, significant and I knew the temperature .. even if only subjective .. such as hot. If the temperature changes .. then I'd leave the temperature tag off

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: A hotel room that has air conditioning may be both heated or cooled depending on the desired temperature and the ambient temperature (and the air conditioner). It usually supplies a measure of fresh air too. I think that this

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 3:45 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com mailto:61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: A hotel room that has air conditioning may be both heated or cooled depending on the desired temperature and the ambient temperature (and the

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread althio
On 11 February 2015 at 17:45, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: A hotel room that has air conditioning may be both heated or cooled depending on the desired temperature and the ambient temperature (and the air

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
On February 11, 2015 3:59:45 PM CST, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/02/2015 3:45 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Most air conditioners here have the ability to both heat and cool at least here and in the UK. Technically, a unit that can either cool a building, or heat it by cooling

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: Why do you consider heated and cooled an 'interesting characteristic' and how do you see it being rendered on to a map? Is it more 'important/significant' than the suggested temperature values? If so .. why has it not been

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 10:25 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote: On February 11, 2015 3:59:45 PM CST, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/02/2015 3:45 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Most air conditioners here have the ability to both heat and cool at least here and in the UK. Technically, a unit that can either

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Kotya Karapetyan
Hi all, I wonder: shouldn't we separate a conditioned room air in a hotel and an object temperature? I get the feeling that this discussion on a useful tag (how to denote the temperature of an object where it is needed) is slowly drifting away to defining about everything related to temperature.

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 9:57 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com mailto:61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: Why do you consider heated and cooled an 'interesting characteristic' and how do you see it being rendered on to a map? Is it more

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Warin
Getting further and further away from tag:temperature= On 12/02/2015 12:37 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: On February 11, 2015 6:16:39 PM CST, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/02/2015 10:25 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote: On February 11, 2015 3:59:45 PM CST, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
On February 11, 2015 6:16:39 PM CST, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/02/2015 10:25 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote: On February 11, 2015 3:59:45 PM CST, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/02/2015 3:45 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Most air conditioners here have the ability to both

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread johnw
On Feb 6, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Kotya Karapetyan kotya.li...@gmail.com wrote: 1) +1 to drop Kelvins. 2) heated/cooled is a nice idea, but I wouldn't like seeing too many top level tags. Danger-cold cold cool mild warm hot danger-hot I don’t think is unreasonable if we’re going to have

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 1:23 PM, johnw wrote: On Feb 6, 2015, at 8:03 PM, Kotya Karapetyan kotya.li...@gmail.com wrote: 1) +1 to drop Kelvins. 2) heated/cooled is a nice idea, but I wouldn't like seeing too many top level tags. Danger-cold cold cool mild warm hot danger-hot I don’t think is

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread johnw
Danger-cold cold cool mild warm hot danger-hot But first temperature= But first temperature= ... the rest can come later as required. gotcha - those 7 qualitative tags should be included, besides numerical values expressed in C. You are correct, the method, variability, and

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread johnw
tepid and mild are synonyms, so tepid should cover mild in that way. usually tepid is for liquids, and mild is for air / weather, when it comes to temperature, AFAIK. Is ambient is for the ambient air/weather, ambient ground temp, or ambient material temperature? the ambient temperature of

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 6:08 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:51 PM, johnw jo...@mac.com mailto:jo...@mac.com wrote: Danger-cold cold cool mild warm hot danger-hot What are some example nodes, where this proposed tag may apply, and how you

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Warin
On 12/02/2015 3:51 PM, johnw wrote: Danger-cold cold cool mild warm hot danger-hot But first temperature= But first temperature= ... the rest can come later as required. gotcha - those 7 qualitative tags should be included, besides numerical values expressed in C. You are correct, the

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-11 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 8:51 PM, johnw jo...@mac.com wrote: Danger-cold cold cool mild warm hot danger-hot What are some example nodes, where this proposed tag may apply, and how you might suggest tagging. Here are a few possible nodes I thought of: ---

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-10 Thread Warin
On 6/02/2015 11:22 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: There are cases where an approximate temperature is more useful than a single scalar number. For example a drinking fountain may be chilled, but not operating at a single fixed temperature. Similarly there's a big difference in a tropical climate

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-06 Thread John Willis
If we're going to have a temperature key - there should be some qualitative values in human understandable ranges. Yes, they are subjective. Cool/ cold / frozen / danger-cold Warm / hot / boiling / danger-hot Mild (human range comfortable, both hot and cold) This allows tagging for objects /

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-06 Thread Kotya Karapetyan
1) +1 to drop Kelvins. 2) heated/cooled is a nice idea, but I wouldn't like seeing too many top level tags. temperature=heated temperature=cooled would be my preferred way to go. I don't like :hvac too much either, because then what do I do if I have AC + fireplace + central heating and use all

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-05 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Just a nitpicking detail, using 'degree' with the Kelvin scale was deprecated in 1968 by the 13th General Conference on Weights and Measures. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin#Usage_conventions Lukas Sommer wrote on 2015-02-05 08:50: I suppose that in most countries of the world, °C is

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-05 Thread johnw
begin rant I also think Americans, and I am one, need to get over the use of degrees F and the old inch/foot/mile system. It's stupid and anachronistic to base the units of length on the length of the king's thumb, or whatever. Continuing to make exceptions for them is only perpetuating

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-05 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
There are cases where an approximate temperature is more useful than a single scalar number. For example a drinking fountain may be chilled, but not operating at a single fixed temperature. Similarly there's a big difference in a tropical climate between a building with A/C and one without. And a

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-05 Thread Warin
On 5/02/2015 1:02 AM, fly wrote: Am 04.02.2015 um 10:56 schrieb Kotya Karapetyan: Hi, +1 for the proposal as such. I have suggestions for some parts of the proposal though. 1) I would discourage specification of the temperature without the scale indication. I have never lived in the US but I

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-04 Thread Warin
On 5/02/2015 1:02 AM, fly wrote: Am 04.02.2015 um 10:56 schrieb Kotya Karapetyan: 1) I would discourage specification of the temperature without the scale indication. I have never lived in the US but I see from the Web that Americans like specifying temperature in degrees Fahrenheit without

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-04 Thread Lukas Sommer
If we look how other units are treated in OSM (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features/Units) than the keys have always default units. Which one is the default unit differs from key to key. For example, the default unit for width=* is “meter”, while the default unit for distance=* is “km”.

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - temperature

2015-02-04 Thread fly
Am 04.02.2015 um 10:56 schrieb Kotya Karapetyan: Hi, +1 for the proposal as such. I have suggestions for some parts of the proposal though. 1) I would discourage specification of the temperature without the scale indication. I have never lived in the US but I see from the Web that