On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:41 PM, John Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why does it need to be a unifying criteria? > > Provide the tags, people will come up with their own criteria based on > their own cultural background, while they will be similar, there will > be subtle differences.
I think we can avoid having multiple meanings for identical tags in the OSM database. (though I realise you disagree, John). As for cafe vs. restaurant vs. fast_food, to look at the bigger picture...I'm seriously wondering whether those tags even have *verifiable* distinctions (of course, this depends on their definition). If the value is not verifiable, cafe/restaurant/fast_food tags should not be used, and instead they should be replaced with amenity=food (or equivalent). At least that can be verified. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
