On 17 May 2015 at 14:12, David Earl <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is no way to treat consumers of map data. If you make major changes > like this, anyone using the map has to scramble to change their rendering > code. If there's no semblance of upward compatibility, people will lose > interest in OSM because it is just too hard to maintain, and if there is > any kind of automation involved, suddenly people's online apps stop working > and it becomes an emergency. > > It shouldn't matter what the tags are called, this is like assembly code, > only the geeks should need to ever see them. This really ought to be > abstracted in the editors, as indeed it is in ID. > > Please drop this suggestion, it is not helpful. It's an unprofessional way > to treat "customers". > > David > > Unfortunately change is inevitable and it happens to Microsoft and Google customers. -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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