On 08/13/12 11:33, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
+1, the FAO system seems quite elaborated (might be too detailed/complicated/long for OSM, not sure,
Anything used for OSM must enable someone who knows shit about biology and geology to make a meaningful contribution (that does not make him feel like he's completely useless because he could only fill in 2% of the blanks).
Too often, tagging discussion is driven by the wet dreams of specialists in one field or the other ("wouldn't it be great it volunteers the world over would record the soil acidity? imagine what we could do with that data!").
Remember that it has so far been impossible to educate people to even differentiate between landuse=forest and natural=wood.
Anything that contains the word "herbaceous" is, however attractive to someone working in the field, is very likely not suitable for OSM.
Of course enthusiasts can use specialist tags to record esoteric stuff, but I fear that many people believe that such tags, if "adopted", would automatically enter the mainstream and their filling out be requested from everyone who adds data, when indeed our presets are often too crowded already.
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