Having the same tags with different meanings in different locations will, of
course, mean that renderers will have to check for rules that apply at the
location being rendered, not just for rules that apply where the rendering
machine is located.
Murry McEntire <[email protected]> wrote:
> I understand resistance to regional use pages where the same tags are
> used
> differently based on location, but a necessary evil in some case,
> e.g.
> highway tagging. That avoiding the practice is the best case.
>
> However, is there any problem with regional property tags; that is,
> tags
> used in one region to express an important concept or property of the
> entity tagged but little used (or maybe even understood) elsewhere?
> Would
> tags like euro_bakery=yes/no, euro_pastry=yes/no and each defined with
> the
> specifics of "Bäckerei", "Konditorei", "forno", "pasticceria",
> "boulangerie" , "pâtisserie", etc. as appropriate be of any use?
>
> Murry
>
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