Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-08 Thread Matthias Julius
Steve Bennett writes: > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Tobias Knerr wrote: >> Wikipedia is clearly different from OSM in that there is exactly one >> relevant way of viewing a Wikipedia entry: Visiting the page on >> wikipedia.org. Everything else is an afterthought, used by a small >> minority

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-07 Thread Sam Vekemans
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: > > > > I would suggest a good one to > > choose is whatever Wikipedia (ironically enough) chooses as its > > primary image for the topic, where known. > > In this case, what you're really t

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-07 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: > > I would suggest a good one to > choose is whatever Wikipedia (ironically enough) chooses as its > primary image for the topic, where known. In this case, what you're really tagging is image_that_wikipedia_shows=*. In which case, you might

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-06 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Tobias Knerr wrote: > Wikipedia is clearly different from OSM in that there is exactly one > relevant way of viewing a Wikipedia entry: Visiting the page on > wikipedia.org. Everything else is an afterthought, used by a small > minority of Wikipedia visitors. You'r

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-06 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Ulf Lamping wrote: > > ... Yes, there can only be one photo to represent > the OSM object. Why? You could just as easily use image=;;..., though this clearly doesn't scale well (which may suggest that this isn't a good approach...) I think what Tobias is getting a

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-06 Thread Tobias Knerr
Ulf Lamping wrote: > There are conceptual differences between WP and OSM, but the underlying > problem stays the same. Choose one "prominent" photo representing the > object. WP can do it, so I don't see a good reason why we can't. Of course we can. I'm just trying to explain that this problem i

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-06 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 06.02.2010 17:38, schrieb Tobias Knerr: > Ulf Lamping schrieb: >> Am 05.02.2010 12:26, schrieb Tobias Knerr: >>> Sam Vekemans wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image >>> The problem with this proposal is that there isn't a definition which of >>> the several images that likely exist

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-06 Thread Tobias Knerr
Ulf Lamping schrieb: > Am 05.02.2010 12:26, schrieb Tobias Knerr: >> Sam Vekemans wrote: >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image >> The problem with this proposal is that there isn't a definition which of >> the several images that likely exist for most objects should be >> referenced. And I e

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-05 Thread Sam Vekemans
I updated the wiki page and put in a photo :) Ie. for a bikeshop, we add in the phone number and their website, as well as their post-code, and the name translated to other languages) all of which are invisible. So we can also add in a url of the photo link, so then all the details are available

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-05 Thread Matthias Julius
Ulf Lamping writes: > Am 05.02.2010 12:26, schrieb Tobias Knerr: > >> My opinion is that personal preferences like that shouldn't be part of >> the OSM database. No "my favourite Sunday walk" route relations, no >> subjective "food=extremely_tasty" for restaurants, and no "my favourite >> image o

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-05 Thread Ulf Lamping
Am 05.02.2010 12:26, schrieb Tobias Knerr: > Sam Vekemans wrote: >> I edited the page 'image' >> feel free to fix / edit/ delete >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image > > The problem with this proposal is that there isn't a definition which of > the several images that likely exist for mos

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-05 Thread Sam Vekemans
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:53 AM, Dave F. wrote: > Tobias Knerr wrote: > > Sam Vekemans wrote: > > > >> I edited the page 'image' > >> feel free to fix / edit/ delete > >> > >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image > >> > > > > The problem with this proposal is that there isn't a definition whic

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-05 Thread Dave F.
Tobias Knerr wrote: > Sam Vekemans wrote: > >> I edited the page 'image' >> feel free to fix / edit/ delete >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image >> > > The problem with this proposal is that there isn't a definition which of > the several images that likely exist for most objects

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-05 Thread Tobias Knerr
Sam Vekemans wrote: > I edited the page 'image' > feel free to fix / edit/ delete > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image The problem with this proposal is that there isn't a definition which of the several images that likely exist for most objects should be referenced. And I expect that it

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-04 Thread Sam Vekemans
Sure, the OSM poi KML script can handle all variations. The point is, is to find 1 that people are happy with, and market it out there to all the 'map editoring tools' so they all will support it. "osv:url=http:// .jpg" is another one. When people are out there 'photo mapping' why not share

Re: [Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-04 Thread John Smith
On 5 February 2010 15:00, Sam Vekemans wrote: > Hi, > I edited the page 'image' > feel free to fix / edit/ delete There seems to be a number of URL type tags, is there a need for a specific image tag? Wouldn't it be better to unify these? eg URI:image=* URI:wikipedia=* URI:website=* __

[Tagging] tag proposal "image=http:/... .jpg"

2010-02-04 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, I edited the page 'image' feel free to fix / edit/ delete http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Image cheers, sam P.S. the page fo the google earth OpenStreetMap POI kml isnt made yet, nor is the one showing how to get the Google Earth kml OpenStreetMap layers. .. as long as it clearly list