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