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> >
> > (I replied quickly this morning before leaving for work and forgot
to
> write
> > my main argument, should never reply in a hurry)
> > With two synonymous tags you can get inconsistent tagging, like a
way
> tagged
> > highway=primary
> > h=secondary
>
> Now *that* is a good argument
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Tobias Knerr wrote:
> PAA schrieb:
>> There are more than 1500 misspellings of the tag in the european
>> database right now.
>
> Which you can fix within a few minutes if you are sure that they aren't
> intended.
It's possible that somebody could do that in a few
> -Original Message-
> From: talk-boun...@openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
> boun...@openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of PAA
> Sent: 30 March 2009 14:01
> To: talk@openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - h==highway
>
> >> Re
Le lundi 30 mars 2009 à 15:00, PAA a écrit :
> >> Request for comments on creating the key:h and making it synonymous
> >> with key:highway.
> >
> > That's just ridiculous.
> > Don't start duplicating tags with the same meaning.
>
> It's definitely not something to be done with all tags, but i don'
PAA schrieb:
> There are more than 1500 misspellings of the tag in the european
> database right now.
Which you can fix within a few minutes if you are sure that they aren't
intended.
> I use potlatch mainly, and it's simple enough to get a highway tag in
> potlatch. Moreover, all the roads aroun
>> Request for comments on creating the key:h and making it synonymous with
>> key:highway.
> That's just ridiculous.
> Don't start duplicating tags with the same meaning.
It's definitely not something to be done with all tags, but i don't
think you made a very good case why it's ridiculous for th
Chris Hill wrote:
> Maarten Deen wrote:
>> Can we implement this tomorrow?
> When hell freezes over maybe.
I meant day after tomorrow BTW. Maybe that clears it up a bit.
Maarten
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Maarten Deen wrote:
> Renaud MICHEL wrote:
>
>> Le lundi 30 mars 2009 à 05:46, PAA a écrit :
>>
>>> Request for comments on creating the key:h and making it synonymous with
>>> key:highway.
>>>
>> That's just ridiculous.
>> Don't start duplicating tags with the same meaning.
>>
Renaud MICHEL wrote:
> Le lundi 30 mars 2009 à 05:46, PAA a écrit :
>> Request for comments on creating the key:h and making it synonymous with
>> key:highway.
>
> That's just ridiculous.
> Don't start duplicating tags with the same meaning.
No it's not. It's called convenience.
> And once you st
Le lundi 30 mars 2009 à 05:46, PAA a écrit :
> Request for comments on creating the key:h and making it synonymous with
> key:highway.
That's just ridiculous.
Don't start duplicating tags with the same meaning.
> As i understand things, this has four huge benefits:
> -reduce data entry time when
Request for comments on creating the key:h and making it synonymous with
key:highway. As i understand things, this has four huge benefits:
-reduce data entry time when editing OSM (e.g. 6/7ths less characters to
type)
-reduce data entry errors when editing OSM (current obvious errors from
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