On 28 April 2015 at 07:16, Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> What can species= and genus= do, that taxon= cannot? > > > If all you know is the species, you can feel comfortable tagging the > species.
That doesn't answer my question. If al an editor knows is the species, then taxon=[species] is fine. > Tagging the taxon may not feel right, or may be too intimidating. That's very vague, and I suspect not supportable with evidence. Does anyone have any? > Same for common names. You might know it's an Oak, but not realize it's a > Live Oak, Then taxon=Quercus (or even taxon=Oak) will suffice. > and furthermore not realize that live oak may be one of several species. Again; why do we need species=* and genus=* on that basis? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
