Hi,
I just found this page, which links to country specific mapping of
hiking paths:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Walking_Routes
But as I can see, some of these use human-readable explanation of the
"symbol", so I think my description for the tag was OK and I'll add it
to the Wiki page if there are no oppositions. (Using English name in
"symbol", as Martin recommended.)
From "osmc:symbol":
"Don't invent a new tag, simply use text/textcolor or refrain from using
osmc:symbol altogether."
I think we should remove this and allow users to add new values as they
require.
If this table is "hardcoded" here, everybody will go their own way
instead using and extending the standard.
All colors should allow all shapes. E.g. currently "blue round" is not
allowed, but "green round" is allowed as background. This should be up
to software implementors whether they support specific combinations, but
not limit MAPPERS from entering real-world information.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:osmc:symbol
Sander, your Belgian tagging could use "color" and "symbol" in one tag,
that makes it easier for software to read and mappers to write. For
computer-processed value you could still use osmc:symbol.
Ferenc
Sander Deryckere írta, 2012-05-09 18:05 keltezéssel:
In Belgium, we use it for some types of walking routes, and we do it
this way:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Conventions/Walking_Routes#Natuurpunt
So we have standard symbols (square, rectangle, triangle ...) which are
combined with a colour tag. But sometimes a logo is used, and in that
case, we just name the logo.
The majority of hiking routes doesn't have those symbols though (those
six-sided signs are more common).
Cheers,
Sander
2012/5/9 Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
2012/5/9 Ferenc Veres <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> The symbol tag is used for describing hiking trails by a human
readable
> name. It is usually accompanied with {{Key|osmc:symbol}}, which
contains
> a machine readable description of the hiking trail. Example:
>
> symbol = red bar
> osmc:symbol = red:white:red_bar
>
> Implementing software may choose to use a local database for
connecting
> osmc:symbol to an icon and to a name, or it can choose to loud
read the
> value of the symbol tag, if no local naming is available.
> Similar to {{Key|name}}, you can use international naming options
too,
> for example:
>
> symbol = piros sáv (this is Hungarian)
> symbol:en = red bar
I think it would be better to use
symbol=red_bar
symbol:hr (or whatever the lc for Hungarian is) = piros_sáv
cheers,
Martin
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