Dave F. writes:
>['historical' tag]
>>It doesn't describe a physical feature, more a point of interest. And
>>POIs are by their nature subjective.
>
>Which is why it shouldn't be used as a primary & solitary key tag (if at
>all). Unfortunately, it appears that is what's occurring.
>The physic
On 19/11/2010 09:37, Ed Avis wrote:
It doesn't describe a physical feature, more a point of interest. And
POIs are
by their nature subjective.
Which is why it shouldn't be used as a primary & solitary key tag (if at
all). Unfortunately, it appears that is what's occurring.
The physicality of
Dave F. writes:
>Also historical=* is just too subjective to be useful. Everything, by
>definition, is historical; even this email.
Yes, it's a subjective tag. My criterion is that if something might possibly
be rendered on a printed map with Ye Olde Gothic Lettering, then it's
historical.
It
On 18/11/2010 20:18, Dave F. wrote:
> If key tags don't mean anything, why have them?
>
It's a quirk of the way tagging works more than anything. We need
key-value tags for properties like name=* and oneway=* and there's no
point in having two separate tagging systems for "class" type tags and
pr
On 18/11/2010 20:07, Jonathan Bennett wrote:
On 18/11/2010 19:36, Dave F. wrote:
There are too many to list, but whilst this is topical, I have a minor
problem with natural=*. It's far too general. I mean, everything under
the sun is either natural or man made.
Also historical=* is just too sub
On 18/11/2010 19:36, Dave F. wrote:
> There are too many to list, but whilst this is topical, I have a minor
> problem with natural=*. It's far too general. I mean, everything under
> the sun is either natural or man made.
>
> Also historical=* is just too subjective to be useful. Everything, by
>
On 18/11/2010 11:03, Ed Avis wrote:
Andy Allan writes:
What a stupid thing to do (and "denotation" is a stupid word to use too).
Thanks, that gave me a good laugh. I think we can add denotation=cluster to the
tagging hall of shame alongside smoothness=very_horrible. Any others?
There are
Nick Whitelegg wrote on 18/11/2010 11:20:
What a stupid thing to do (and "denotation" is a stupid word to use too).
Thanks, that gave me a good laugh. I think we can add denotation=cluster to the
tagging ha
>>What a stupid thing to do (and "denotation" is a stupid word to use too).
>Thanks, that gave me a good laugh. I think we can add denotation=cluster to
>the
>tagging hall of shame alongside smoothness=very_horrible. Any others?
Not sure, but an anagram of "denotation" would be an appropriat
Andy Allan writes:
>What a stupid thing to do (and "denotation" is a stupid word to use too).
Thanks, that gave me a good laugh. I think we can add denotation=cluster to the
tagging hall of shame alongside smoothness=very_horrible. Any others?
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Ed Avis
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