On 10.03.2014 12:08, Andrew Shadura wrote: > Hello, > > 2014-03-10 12:01 GMT+01:00 Dave Swarthout <[email protected]>: >> Just a quick reminder, the term "borough" has several meanings and could >> easily be misused. In Alaska, where I'm from, boroughs are large >> administrative areas — very similar to counties in the contiguous United >> States. So they are districts, in a sense, but perhaps not in the way >> intended in your example. > > Which is exactly my point. The proposed scheme misuses some tags > (addr:place), adds new tags duplicating already existing (addr:borough > instead of addr:suburb) and adds more ambiguity by using the term > borough which may mean things different from municipal districts, so > I'm for reworking this scheme, but there are people who disagree with > me. That's why I brought the topic here for more discussion.
+1 I have no problems with new tags if they are needed but they should be clear in their meaning. addr:borough is ambiguous and addr:suburb already exists. addr:place is wrong as its meaning is twisted using it this way. cu fly _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
