Steve Bennett writes: > Again, I'm surprised this discussion needs to be had, but there is > clearly very poor shared understanding of what the wiki is for and how > to use it. It seems obvious to me that the wiki is to document > *shared* understanding of mapping standards.
I think you have that almost right but significantly wrong. The wiki is to *share* understanding of mapping standards. Your purpose definition implies to me that there is agreement that an X that is Y will be mapped as X=Y. But just as Inuits have several names for "snow" depending on its qualities, so may people in different parts of the world have different names for what you consider to be the same Y. For example, I consider "surface=gravel" to be "gravel". You know, those rounded rocks about the size of a pea which come from a riverbank. But many rail-trails have a surface which is ground-up rocks about the size of tapioca or smaller, called "rock dust". You wouldn't have me map rail-trails as surface=gravel, would you? That would be more like the ballast that's left behind after the tracks are pulled up. That's why it's important for each of us to *document* how we map. Because if nothing else, in the process of doing so, we will actually take the time to RTFW to see what tags really mean. :-) -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
