Sorry, typo: *g*uestimate, not *q*uestimate!!
On 2018-11-13 16:07, Sergio Manzi wrote: > > Yeah, agreed. And I think in our context "/estimate/" should be more taken as > "/quesstimate/", i.e. "/a first rough approximation pending a more accurate > estimate, or it may be an educated guess at something for which no better > information will become available/" [1]. > > Now... how do we tag this... "/thing/"? :-) > > My personal idea is that it should be: > > *either* > > /measure/:accuracy=estimate (e.g.: height=10 + "height:accuracy=estimate") > > *or* > > accuracy:/measure/=estimate (e.g.: height=10 + "accuracy:height=estimate") > > *and* > > get rid of all the est_* tags (e.g.: est_height=10) > > > Cheers! > > Sergio > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guesstimate > > On 2018-11-13 15:47, OSMDoudou wrote: >> In hopefully simple words, an estimate would be a measure which doesn't meet >> your precision need or doesn't meet your trust criteria of the measure or of >> the measuring person. >> >> So, they way it was measured is factual information the mapper should share, >> so that the data consumer can determine for itself if it's good enough for >> him. >> >> Without telling how it was measured, one cannot assess accuracy. And "site >> survey" wouldn't be a good explanation because it says nothing about the >> accuracy of the tool used nor about the qualification of the measuring >> person to use the tool adequately. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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