Re: [Tagging] Node objects in tunnels or on bridges?

2015-06-08 Thread Richard
values. That leaves the problem with objects where the node is *not* part of the tunnel/bridge way such as a waste basket next to the way. Seems like in this case a relation is needed ? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

[Tagging] location=roof ?

2015-06-08 Thread Richard
Hi, someone added location=roof to the wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:locationdiff=1083742oldid=997238 somehow this does not seem to fit well with the other values, what are the opinions on that? Richard ___ Tagging

[Tagging] Node objects in tunnels or on bridges?

2015-06-08 Thread Richard
Hi, quite often there are node-type objects on bridges or in tunnels. What to do with them? Tunnel or bridge tags are dfined only for ways. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

2015-06-03 Thread Richard
=no states that it is definitely known not to be one-way. not really ideal. Should we use oneway=uknown for the cases where soemone is not sure? Without a possibility to express that possibility armchair mappers can either stop mapping roads they dont know or make a mess of the data. Richard

Re: [Tagging] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

2015-06-03 Thread Richard
On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 12:44:13PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: Am 03.06.2015 um 12:18 schrieb Richard ricoz@gmail.com: oneway=uknown for the cases where soemone is not sure? Without a possibility to express that possibility armchair mappers can either stop mapping

Re: [Tagging] Node objects in tunnels or on bridges?

2015-06-09 Thread Richard
On Mon, Jun 08, 2015 at 07:10:08PM +0200, André Pirard wrote: On 2015-06-08 13:29, Richard wrote : Hi, quite often there are node-type objects on bridges or in tunnels. What to do with them? Tunnel or bridge tags are dfined only for ways

Re: [Tagging] To mark as covered, or to not mark as covered?

2015-05-28 Thread Richard
as the roof isn't usually floating in the air but there are pylons, sometimws one or more walls and often a building attached. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] To mark as covered, or to not mark as covered?

2015-05-29 Thread Richard
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 03:29:53PM -0500, Brad Neuhauser wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Richard ricoz@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 01:09:56PM -0500, Brad Neuhauser wrote: If this is like many fuel stations, it's probably just a roof with no walls. Typically

Re: [Tagging] Water featuers

2015-05-25 Thread Richard
a cascade is any series of things, be it electronic switches in circuits or waterfalls - even in English as I have just noticed from reading wiktionary: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cascade So cascade would be a true weasel tag. Richard ___ Tagging mailing

Re: [Tagging] Water featuers

2015-05-25 Thread Richard
word. still weasel enough. Could be a single waterfall, a series of them or this: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldau-Kaskade Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-02 Thread Richard
=footpath which would be a variant of path for pedestrians, not suited or permitted for horses and vehicles unless otherwise tagged and expected to be more demanding than footways. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-04 Thread Richard
On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 03:06:00PM -0700, geow wrote: Richard Z. wrote ... I would leave it alone and introduce highway=footpath which would be a variant of path for pedestrians, not suited or permitted for horses and vehicles unless otherwise tagged and expected to be more

Re: [Tagging] *** GMX Spamverdacht *** Re: highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-04 Thread Richard
years we change the definition to something completely different. This is what I call a backward compatibility nightmare. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-05 Thread Richard
On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 05:41:52PM +0200, Michael Reichert wrote: Hi Richard, Am 2015-08-04 um 16:59 schrieb Richard: On Sun, Aug 02, 2015 at 11:43:21PM +0200, Michael Reichert wrote: I fully oppose highway=footpath. This is not backward-compatible and will therefore break almost all

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-05 Thread Richard
On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 06:20:50AM -0700, geow wrote: geow dieterdreist wrote sent from a phone Am 05.08.2015 um 12:03 schrieb Richard lt; ricoz.osm@ gt;: In 2008 highway=path was approved saying The default access restriction of highway=path is open to all non

Re: [Tagging] Contact:* prefix

2015-08-09 Thread Richard
. The number of comunication apps is steadilly on the rise, many companies advertise contact:skype and similar - any data consumer that knows contact: can find and display those without even knowing they exist. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=culvert

2015-10-25 Thread Richard
at’s why they share the node. it is not that simple. Ways covered by objects are mapped as having shared nodes with the object covering them. Pylons connect objects/ways of different layers and are frequently mapped as nodes. Nodes and layer are difficult. Usually "layer&quo

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=culvert

2015-10-29 Thread Richard
On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:56:38PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 04:06:33PM +0100, Richard wrote: > > agreed. But this is open-STREET-map so perhaps the streets should > > be fixed first. Does not make much sense to map culverts with > > sub-m

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=culvert

2015-10-28 Thread Richard
he streets should be fixed first. Does not make much sense to map culverts with sub-meter precission while freeways are still linear ways. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=culvert

2015-10-28 Thread Richard
; "waterway=stream;layer=-1;tunnel=something". With covered I mean ways using covered=yes. Appart of that, ways across dams share the way with the dam - and the daw is supposed to share a node with the waterway passing through it. Richard ___

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=culvert

2015-11-01 Thread Richard
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 07:36:45PM +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2015-10-30 19:02 GMT+01:00 Richard <ricoz@gmail.com>: > > > > What is the advantage of a node, one click less? > > > > did you count the clicks? > > node: "n"+ 1 click + 1

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=culvert

2015-10-30 Thread Richard
On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 04:03:15PM +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2015-10-29 13:40 GMT+01:00 Richard <ricoz@gmail.com>: > > > On the other end of the complexitiy scale it would be nice to have > > a simple method to map insignificant culverts with a single node.

Re: [Tagging] new access value

2015-10-08 Thread Richard
quot; at positition lat.long. We should start doing that. The permissions could be derived from those signs, default highway properties and a combination of country and area specific rules. The current apporach is a gross oversimplification with limitted validity and appl

Re: [Tagging] waterway=derelict_canal

2015-08-28 Thread Richard
another time? Maybe it still looks like a nightclub, although it was used as a pub lately. you could use the date namespace then. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-28 Thread Richard
will likely remain... I would also like to tag everything explicitly but aren't we supposed to tag what is on the ground? No sign - no tag? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-29 Thread Richard
meant. I think that trail is very vague, look at english witkionary, wagon trail etc so the word itself would already cause trouble. highway=footpath may cause less trouble. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-29 Thread Richard
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 09:56:22PM +0900, John Willis wrote: Those ways should be mapped and rendered differently. Which is why we have track. We need trail too. That abandoned trunk road in Box Canyon in the desert sure as hell isn't a sidewalk. isn't that a track? Richard

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-29 Thread Richard
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 01:10:17PM +0200, Daniel Koć wrote: W dniu 29.08.2015 12:46, Richard napisał(a): highway=footpath may cause less trouble. Sounds interesting, that would separate real foot path from the current path mess. However the big question would be then how to implement

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-29 Thread Richard
for everything just because it might be theoretically possible. While I agree you could use it to open coconuts and macadamia nuts I wish you much luck doing so! Also we could use highway=path + surface=paved + lanes=6 + vehicle=yes and we could do without highway=motorway. Richard

Re: [Tagging] Access tags (general question, but mostly regarding bicycle)

2015-08-29 Thread Richard
, * access:suitable Just wondered - when did anyone here last see a wheelchair=no road sign? Is any of these 214658 tags correct? http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=wheelchairvalue=no Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https

Re: [Tagging] waterway=derelict_canal

2015-08-26 Thread Richard
. I think that 'disused=yes' is a dangerous tag and should be avoided. indeed, in most cases the key prefix disused: causes less trouble http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lifecycle_prefix Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] waterway=derelict_canal

2015-08-26 Thread Richard
. The mappers chose to use tags that reflect what is, was or will be. As they want. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_life_cycle_concepts Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo

Re: [Tagging] Trolltags

2015-09-03 Thread Richard
ars 2 129 times worldwide it is likely that is also may be > considered as mistake. could be interpreted as someone beeing lazy at writing highway=path+ bicycle=designated+horse=designated. And I don't think there are many real world objects like this. Richard _

Re: [Tagging] Access tags (general question, but mostly regarding bicycle)

2015-09-03 Thread Richard
On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:38:21PM -0700, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Richard <ricoz@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just wondered - when did anyone here last see a wheelchair=no road sign? > > Is any > > of these 214658 tags correct? > &

Re: [Tagging] Modelling the relation between a waterstream and one of its resurgence

2015-09-09 Thread Richard
i/Cave has some info and discussion on the talk page If mapping the underground stream is not an option use the quite normal relation waterway. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] large roof garden

2015-09-14 Thread Richard
f the roof that is a green roof with > landuse=grass? layer is ignored on landuse=* so this is not advisable. location=rooftop might work. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] large roof garden

2015-09-14 Thread Richard
rooftop waste basket, used by the people parking there? > amenity=waste_basket + location=rooftop if it has an assigned level=* as part of the building than that would be better than location=rooftop. Or maybe both together. Richard ___ T

Re: [Tagging] Modelling the relation between a waterstream and one of its resurgence

2015-09-16 Thread Richard
it happens quite often that river change names along their course, how is that done with the river relation? Maybe something similar could be done here? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Modelling the relation between a waterstream and one of its resurgence

2015-09-11 Thread Richard
he > separate waterway relations ? Not much different from confluence points of large rivers? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] new access value

2015-10-05 Thread Richard
you are intending to drive through without being a resident/owner. > Or if you want to shoot photos of the buildings, without visiting them. > Or if you do some mapping for OSM. The information about the traffic sign is useful, so it sho

Re: [Tagging] Wi-Fi or internet access at Stores

2015-12-13 Thread Richard
thy. And the subtags to express these are internet_access:access and > internet_access:fee (with the usual values of the access and fee tags). Depends on how you interpret customer-only: I would map internet cafes which are customer-only but not hotel wifis which are available only for ov

Re: [Tagging] Swimming pools

2015-12-16 Thread Richard
imming - however 42% of sport=swimming tags are attached to leisure=swimming_pool and further (partly overlapping) 37% to amenity=swimming_pool. - other language wikis are partially inconsistent in this question. Richard ___ Tagging mail

Re: [Tagging] RFC - Level:ref=*

2015-11-29 Thread Richard
s is its brother level:name (at least as long as there > aren't proper level objects). I would be in favor to untangle level:ref and use it only where level:name is not appropriate. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Sidewalk Tagging for Routing

2015-11-24 Thread Richard
conic/odd > bridges. see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Simplify_man_made%3Dbridge_mapping#Multi-level_bridges Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] landuse=farmland and highway=track

2016-01-10 Thread Richard
farmland, no need to split it up. Same for creeks and small rivers in woods. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Marking climbing proposal as "in use"

2016-01-29 Thread Richard
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:19:29AM +0100, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > Richard wrote on 2016/01/28 16:36: > >Hi, > > > >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Climbing > > > >was sitting around and evolving for 8 years. If there are no > >objection

Re: [Tagging] Bridge relations. Is that a 'thing'?

2016-02-16 Thread Richard
d_features/Simplify_man_made%3Dbridge_mapping#Objects_on_bridges Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] shop=marine RFC

2016-03-14 Thread Richard
hose shops would even know they are called chandler? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] shop=marine RFC

2016-03-14 Thread Richard
d someone in the Pacific and neither of us has seen or heard of a ship chandler. So the term may be somewhat lesser known outside of UK? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] shop=marine RFC

2016-03-15 Thread Richard
is clearer than shop=marine and I think the distinction between boat and large vessel should not cause any trouble Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] setting proposals to abandoned

2016-03-27 Thread Richard
t; would be a reasonable threshold? my 2c, avoid any automatisms. Some proposals need a lot of time to ripe. Using talk page, contacting original author(s) would be highly recommended. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https:/

Re: [Tagging] shop=marine RFC

2016-03-19 Thread Richard
about ship chandlers it seems that the term has a fairly broad meaning and not every ship chandler would do boat supplies for small boats for example which was the OPs main objective. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Layer and highway=steps

2016-07-02 Thread Richard
t to use layer. Look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Simple_Indoor_Tagging#Modelling_connections_between_different_levels Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - CoreIndoor

2017-02-19 Thread Richard
methods eg tunnel=buidling_passage, highway=corridor, covered etc. Those should not be orthogonal to SIT but enhance each other where possible. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Potential proposal for more detail in old_ref=*?

2017-02-28 Thread Richard
.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Date_namespace and join the discussion there. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] cave_entrance. ref and name

2016-09-07 Thread Richard
On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 02:46:40PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > Il giorno 31 ago 2016, alle ore 12:23, Richard <ricoz@gmail.com> ha > > scritto: > > > > Apparently such ids are already used in OSM > >

Re: [Tagging] cave_entrance. ref and name

2016-09-07 Thread Richard
ntry:name in cases where clarification is needed? Btw the page says cave_entrance is "approved". Does anyone have a link to the approved proposal.. can't find it? Regarding "ref", consider this edit: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:natural%3Dcave_ent

Re: [Tagging] artificial cave, historic military shelter

2016-09-04 Thread Richard
I would argue that "natural" implies natural and there have been enough informal proposals for man_made=shaft and similar. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] artificial cave, historic military shelter

2016-09-04 Thread Richard
On Sun, Sep 04, 2016 at 12:09:43PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > Il giorno 04 set 2016, alle ore 11:40, Richard <ricoz@gmail.com> ha > > scritto: > > > > Also, I would > > argue t

Re: [Tagging] cave_entrance. ref and name

2016-08-30 Thread Richard
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 05:20:19PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > Il giorno 29 ago 2016, alle ore 12:24, Richard <ricoz@gmail.com> ha > > scritto: > > > > are you saying we should use "cave:ref" ju

Re: [Tagging] cave_entrance. ref and name

2016-08-31 Thread Richard
ghted in any way but of course copying data from copyrighted sources requires permission and licence compatibility. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=building_passage or covered=yes

2016-09-10 Thread Richard
=building_passage but because back when it was introduced there was a greater chance to get tunnel=building_passage rendered tunnel was used instead. So it remains as a slightly odd exception to tunnel=* and covered=* Richard ___ Tagging mailing list T

Re: [Tagging] highway=covered

2016-09-10 Thread Richard
does highway=corridor imply covered=yes ? * is it a footway or does it need further attributes? * who said that "tunnel=building_passage, a tunnel which begins at a point outside the building and ends at a point outside the build

[Tagging] Edit war at natural=cave_entrance ?

2016-09-13 Thread Richard
"Cadastre" is not an english word so the text was totally meaningless and you have reverted it to meaningless text again. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tunnel=building_passage or covered=yes

2016-09-11 Thread Richard
On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 11:46:36AM +0100, Dave F wrote: > But it's *not a tunnel* that makes 2 votes for covered=building_passage and phasing out tunnel=building_passage Richard > > On 10/09/2016 12:23, Simone Saviolo wrote: > >Yes, an obvious one: a building_passage *goes thr

Re: [Tagging] cave_entrance. ref and name

2016-08-28 Thread Richard
lements of caves So if you have several cave entrances belonging to a cave you could have a relation specifying the name of the cave and entrances with own names. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] cave_entrance. ref and name

2016-08-28 Thread Richard
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 02:32:53PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > sent from a phone > > > Il giorno 28 ago 2016, alle ore 13:31, Richard <ricoz@gmail.com> ha > > scritto: > > > > So if you have several cave entrances belonging to a cav

Re: [Tagging] cave_entrance. ref and name

2016-08-29 Thread Richard
On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 04:56:13PM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2016-08-28 15:23 GMT+02:00 Richard <ricoz@gmail.com>: > > > As the cave may have other cave-wide attributes there may be other reasons > > to have a relation for it. > > > > > >

Re: [Tagging] Spillways

2017-03-23 Thread Richard
of embankments, with gates to let the water out. There is no > dam per se, because there is ~200 km of this man-made 10-20m tall earthen > embankment (levee) around the entire river system - it is part of that. this is still a dam for me? Richard ___

Re: [Tagging] Spillways

2017-03-24 Thread Richard
on't map them explicitly. They could be mapped as embankment but if you consider waterway=dam inadequate for it I would prefer a special levee tag or refining waterway=dam with additional attributes. The waterway=dam definition is showing age

Re: [Tagging] water=pool

2017-03-17 Thread Richard
On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 11:21:17AM +, ael wrote: > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 10:40:24PM +0100, Richard wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 08:24:35PM +1100, Andrew Harvey wrote: > > when using natural=water + water=pool they would become distinct (though > > adjacent

Re: [Tagging] water=pool

2017-03-17 Thread Richard
, salmon, etc. aren't the riffles very variable over time? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] water=pool

2017-03-13 Thread Richard
ural=water + water=pool they would become distinct (though adjacent) water body from the river/creek which they are part of which is not quite right. They are part of the river with special properties. So perhaps natural=water + water=river + stream_pool=yes Richard ___

Re: [Tagging] highspeed=yes

2017-07-16 Thread Richard
peed are somewhat better than highspeed=yes. Taken together I think usage=highspeed has a strong rationale and would be easy to understand and apply. What is missing is a simple way to tag the visual appearance of those concrete monsters of recently built dedicated highspeed lines

Re: [Tagging] highspeed=yes

2017-07-11 Thread Richard
ething more implied like special traffic rules, special signaling, freight train exclusion? Perhaps all this properties should be tagged in separately? Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Rivers classification

2017-08-06 Thread Richard
ver width and doing something reasonable with intermittent flows would be a great progress. Iirc the stream order issue has been brought up on some talk page previously. Also had a look at natural=riverbed which at this stage has some problems. Richard __

Re: [Tagging] Rivers classification

2017-08-09 Thread Richard
ormation to waterway relations is fine and much better than trying to tag the rivers themselves. As rivers may consist of many segments it would be too much duplication and also dubious whether it relates to the single segment or the whole river. Richard __

Re: [Tagging] Rivers classification

2017-08-08 Thread Richard
tes doesn't seem like the best idea. The 915 uses possibly have a special purpose? However if there is something like "official_length" of a river (for example mentioned in wikipedia) that could be certainly tagged. Other tags that might help are those relating to ships. Richard

Re: [Tagging] Rivers classification

2017-08-07 Thread Richard
On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 03:27:45PM +0200, Daniel Koć wrote: > W dniu 07.08.2017 o 13:16, Richard pisze: > > >Some rivers have waterway relations which could be used to make some > >classification? > > What do you mean? simply having a waterway relation means the riv

Re: [Tagging] Rivers classification

2017-08-07 Thread Richard
On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 11:33:55PM +0200, Daniel Koć wrote: > W dniu 06.08.2017 o 23:19, Richard pisze: > > >The width is fine for many small rivers where mapping riverbanks would be > >a nonsense and should be respected by the renderer. > >But what you ask for seems like

Re: [Tagging] Rivers classification

2017-08-06 Thread Richard
On Sun, Aug 06, 2017 at 05:30:20PM +0200, Daniel Koć wrote: > W dniu 06.08.2017 o 13:32, Richard pisze: > >as of rendering, respecting river width and doing something reasonable > >with intermittent flows would be a great progress. > > What's the problem with intermittent fl

Re: [Tagging] Way beneath overhanging cliff

2017-10-08 Thread Richard
ange. The layer on the upper way may not work well because covered & layer should be on the same object. Tools would probably ignore the layer tag in this case which would not cause any actual breakage but imho redundant tags should be avoided. It would not hurt to invent a ne

Re: [Tagging] tagging for decaying features

2018-01-05 Thread Richard
re only for completenes, was my previous edit. Because of the use as historic:{civilization|period} I am rather sceptical about the use of "historic:" as lifecycle prefix but if possible all current use patters should be documented here. Richard

Re: [Tagging] tagging for decaying features

2018-01-09 Thread Richard
On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 01:37:26PM +1100, Warin wrote: > On 07-Jan-18 09:59 AM, Richard wrote: > > >On Sat, Jan 06, 2018 at 07:19:31AM +1100, Warin wrote: > > > >>2) I have not put in any examples - just placed the birthing, decay and > >>repurpose categorie

Re: [Tagging] tagging for decaying features

2018-01-06 Thread Richard
wn the date namespace can be used. Otherwise chain one of the prefixes in a consistent manner eg former:former:building=school + former:building=hospital + building=... > I personally see this a a case of using OHM to tag the past rather than > expanding OSM. if it l

Re: [Tagging] Nonbreakable spaces in name tags

2018-01-26 Thread Richard
On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 09:09:12PM +0300, Erkin Alp Güney wrote: > > (and yes, there are cases when you should use a contraction) > name=* is full form. Not abbreviated in any way. this is about the case where the official name is an abbreviation, happens often enough.

Re: [Tagging] Nonbreakable spaces in name tags

2018-01-26 Thread Richard
re should try to do its best and apply heuristics to avoid splitting lines in wrong places. Not splitting 1000 034 should be obvious, roman numbers as well. Prefer not splitting around "lonely" characters. The rendering software can also compare texts with name tags

Re: [Tagging] Proposed features - RFC 2 - Pressurized waterways

2018-02-13 Thread Richard
em is cluttering waterway=* key a bit more with additional > values may not be accepted. > According to comments, I should use established values and the only one > added is waterway=pressurised. why not pipeline for this?? And pressurised should be an attribute to ca

Re: [Tagging] tagging for decaying features

2018-01-03 Thread Richard
On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 05:31:52PM -0500, Kevin Kenny wrote: > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 5:24 PM, Richard <ricoz@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Repurposing is a part of the life cycle that the Wiki article does not > > > appear to contemplate. > > > >

Re: [Tagging] tagging for decaying features

2018-01-03 Thread Richard
easily a bit confusing. For your kind of use the "date namespace" may be an alternative. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tagging for decaying features

2018-01-03 Thread Richard
life cycle. mee too. But as there are really quite a few uses of it in the database we should look how it is used currently to see if and how the description should be changed. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] waterway=fish_pass consistency

2018-07-20 Thread Richard
reason to believe that for example the fish_ass property will be ever useful to any non-waterway object. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Is waterway=riverbank an 'Old scheme' ?

2018-09-07 Thread Richard
ay=riverbanks at least as well. So the simplest would be to document in the wiki that the idea didn't catch up with rivers. Regarding landcover.. don't have time for this discussion now;) Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Is waterway=riverbank an 'Old scheme' ?

2018-09-07 Thread Richard
On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 11:14:40PM +0200, François Lacombe wrote: > Le ven. 7 sept. 2018 à 21:40, Richard a écrit : > > > > > > The idea that waterway=* must be routable is, frankly, a new one to > > > me. > > > > that idea is nonsense.. there was n

[Tagging] waterway=pressurized in Hydropower waterways proposal

2018-03-14 Thread Richard
Hi, > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Hydropower_water_supplies I think that the proposed invention of waterway=pressurized and its use for water in pipelines as well as natural caves should get some discussion in the mailing list. What do people think? Rich

Re: [Tagging] Culverts and Fords

2018-03-01 Thread Richard
kment will be narrower in this place, there may be small walls on the side, bumps and frequently require attention from the driver. Of course I have proposed it before:) https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Simple_one_node_culvert_or_bridge Richard

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs and Geysers

2018-10-24 Thread Richard
e 2015 and nobody complained since than so it would seem alright to file a ticket to OpenCarto asking to have it rendered. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Reversible Road tagging

2018-11-09 Thread Richard
ect there might be some places already tagged somehow similar like this but can't find them now.. As it has not been implemented in any routers that I know about it might be good to ask in the issue trackers of some routers if they have an idea what wo

Re: [Tagging] How to tag named group of named water areas?

2018-11-08 Thread Richard
f those tags I would always put on the members, not the relation. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Reversible Road tagging

2018-11-08 Thread Richard
ctions https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Conditional_restrictions Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

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