Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Friedrich Volkmann
On 08.08.2013 01:24, Pieren wrote: On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Friedrich Volkmannb...@volki.at wrote: It should rather be a type=collection relation. I really hate type=collection. One of the worst idea in OSM. All relations are collections. At least it is semantically correct, while

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - ranger_station

2013-08-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 07/ago/2013, alle ore 20:01, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com ha scritto: Note there is overlap between amentiy=ranger_station and tourism=information. A ranger station generally provides information in addition to other services. In the USA ranger stations have well

Re: [Tagging] waterway highway

2013-08-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 08/ago/2013, alle ore 02:13, André Pirard a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com ha scritto: Can I have waterway=dam highway=* you could, but I'd suggest to use distinct objects and add layer tags to one in order to define stacking. Cheers, Martin

Re: [Tagging] waterway highway

2013-08-08 Thread André Pirard
Hi, Thanks to all who responded. On 2013-08-08 06:40, malenki wrote : You could map the dam as area with the highway crossing it. Yes, I finally did that. Even if the dam is a mere 6.5 m wide, it makes sense. On 2013-08-08 02:49, Paul Johnson wrote : I don't see how those tags are mutually

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D'Elia
On 08/07/2013 10:19 PM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: On 06.08.2013 15:51, Yuri D'Elia wrote: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/45.2466/6.0866 which has been tagged with a multipoligon relation. Unfortunately, the relation has some problems: - not rendered anywhere? This is a

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 08/ago/2013, alle ore 17:47, Yuri D'Elia wav...@users.sourceforge.net ha scritto: Though for places without actual physical attributes, place=location sounds reasonable. thing is that place=locality is very generic, you don't get additional information what the name refers to,

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D'Elia
On 08/08/2013 07:15 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Though for places without actual physical attributes, place=location sounds reasonable. thing is that place=locality is very generic, you don't get additional information what the name refers to, especially if tagged on a node Understood.

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D'Elia
On 08/08/2013 08:56 AM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: On 08.08.2013 01:24, Pieren wrote: On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Friedrich Volkmannb...@volki.at wrote: It should rather be a type=collection relation. I really hate type=collection. One of the worst idea in OSM. All relations are

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D'Elia
On 08/07/2013 10:19 PM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: Similarly, we have areas for entire mountain groups, which are fundamental for a topographic map in the alps. Again, the boundaries of such areas are not so important, but it's mostly used as an indication for the name placement.

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread fly
On 08.08.2013 01:24, Pieren wrote: On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Friedrich Volkmann b...@volki.at wrote: It should rather be a type=collection relation. I really hate type=collection. One of the worst idea in OSM. All relations are collections. +100 Especially, if you read: Relations

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread fly
On 06.08.2013 19:25, Yuri D'Elia wrote: The message from fly, about about boundary=topologic/geographic though would solve nicely valleys, mountain groups _and_ other topographic features under a single umbrella, and it's quite easy to achieve. to fly: Is this some form of official

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Il giorno 08/ago/2013, alle ore 20:45, Yuri D'Elia wav...@users.sourceforge.net ha scritto: I guess in this case I can simply re-use the geometry in a new relation with the proper valley name with type=multipolygon, place=region, region:type=valley? I'd use type=multipolygon

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - ranger_station

2013-08-08 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.comwrote: Il giorno 07/ago/2013, alle ore 20:01, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com ha scritto: Note there is overlap between amentiy=ranger_station and tourism=information. A ranger station generally provides

[Tagging] Hiking tracks as POIs in Brazil

2013-08-08 Thread Fernando Trebien
Hello, OSM currently has no hiking tracks mapped in Brazil. We are now receiving (copyright-free) POIs of hiking tracks (representing where they start) from a local mapping community (which gathered this data for over a decade). Unfortunately, we do not have the details of the tracks yet, but I

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Friedrich Volkmann
On 08.08.2013 19:39, Yuri D'Elia wrote: At least it is semantically correct, while type=site relations are often used for features on multiple sites. [...] What about type=site with the appropriate natural tag? https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Site See my paragraph

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Friedrich Volkmann
On 08.08.2013 21:15, fly wrote: On 08.08.2013 01:24, Pieren wrote: I really hate type=collection. One of the worst idea in OSM. All relations are collections. +100 Especially, if you read: Relations are not meant to be used as collections It is interesting that you agree by +100 although

Re: [Tagging] Hiking tracks as POIs in Brazil

2013-08-08 Thread Volker Schmidt
What you are looking for is a tagging for trailhead I suppose. Are these trails signed (trailblazed)? I notice that the National Park OSM initiative does not propose an OSM tag for their trailhead sign (see: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/US_National_Park_Service_Tagging) I personally would

Re: [Tagging] Hiking tracks as POIs in Brazil

2013-08-08 Thread Henning Scholland
Hi, I don't think that kind a sign with a label hiking path starts is a attraction. Maybe you are locking for something like this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:information%3Dguidepost Henning ___ Tagging mailing list