Re: [Tagging] Various alt_name values?

2014-11-29 Thread Lukas Sommer
Or would it be better – if a consens is difficult – to wait until a general resolution for the problem “one key with more than one value” has come up? Lukas Sommer 2014-11-29 5:03 GMT+00:00 Brian Quinion openstreet...@brian.quinion.co.uk: On 29 Nov 2014 00:26, Lukas Sommer sommer...@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] Various alt_name values?

2014-11-29 Thread moltonel 3x Combo
On 29/11/2014, Lukas Sommer sommer...@gmail.com wrote: Okay. I’ll try a summary: [...] Thanks for those insights. Note that this multiple-values discussion has gone beyond the alt_name key (which is itself a multiple-value key for the name key, making 'multiple alt_name values' kind of silly),

[Tagging] How one should tag different sections of library?

2014-11-29 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
There is a large library with multiple sections (for children, for adults, foreign language books, reading room, movie/music borrowing, newspaper section etc etc). There are separate accounts for separate sections, different opening hours. But it is managed by one institution, everything is in

Re: [Tagging] path vs footway

2014-11-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 5:14 PM, johnw jo...@mac.com wrote: AFIK - footway and path are more toward the width, surface, smoothness, maintenance level, and expected use of the way. a sidewalk often gets tagged as footpath, as would be a concrete walkway in a garden. Paths are usually less

Re: [Tagging] path vs footway

2014-11-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting interpretation of history. Slightly different version: The path tag was introduced by people who couldn't deal with highway=cycleway being shared with pedestrians, and wanted something less

Re: [Tagging] sub key for cycle ways

2014-11-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Hubert sg.fo...@gmx.de wrote: Mo 03.11.2014 20:18 fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com: Either just let your proposal exist and start using it or simply use the lanes:-tagging like biycle:lanes=yes|yes|designated Can I do that, even if the proposal was

Re: [Tagging] path vs footway

2014-11-29 Thread John Willis
Interesting! Those are huge cycle ways! Here in japan, they designate small service roads normally blocked with bollards as cycle ways, as the distances covered between the intersecting roads are very long (1-2km sometimes) and sometimes more direct than the road system - but nothing more a

[Tagging] Landuse vs Vegetation vs Landcover proposed cleanup at wiki

2014-11-29 Thread Никита
We have highly inconsistent content at wiki (feature pages http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Features). Inconsistency is not limited to landuse=wood/natural=forest. Another example is landuse=meadow (Landuse http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landuse, Vegetation

Re: [Tagging] Landuse vs Vegetation vs Landcover proposed cleanup at wiki

2014-11-29 Thread Никита
I'm sorry, wrong list. See t...@openstreetmap.org. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging