On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:56 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 19 May 2010 11:48, Roy Wallace <waldo000...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From wikipedia: "Surveying or land surveying is the technique and > > science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional > > position of points and the distances and angles between them. These > > points are usually on the surface of the Earth, and they are often > > used to establish land maps and boundaries for ownership or > > governmental purposes." > > Exactly, these locations are used to monitor the movement of a > tectonic plate, atmospheric conditions and potentially drift of GPS > satellite locations, none of which has anything to do with "used to > establish land maps and boundaries"
That was quite a selective quote of my quote. The first sentence boils down to surveying = "determining the position of points". And monitoring (which is indeed just "determining" on an ongoing basis) the position of tectonic plates are GPS satellites matches this definition. > We'll have to agree to disagree then, Ok. > tagging them as just > another survey marker is a reduction of information to lowest common > denominator. There's no need to lose information - just use other additional tags. How about man_made=survey_point + survey_point=fancy_tectonic_whatever_thing? _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
