On 30/09/19 03:24, Jan Michel wrote:
Well... There is no documentation of these tags in the OSM wiki.
ael mentioned that these are well-known terms. I tried several
translators and dictionaries but didn't find anything.
A Google search only finds the wiki "List of mountains and hills
on the British islands", but not much more related information.
These seem to be very local terms that are not used outside of
Scotland (British Isles?). In general we oppose such local terms as
keys because they won't be of any use outside a small area.
The terms are well known to a small collection of people - 'peak baggers'.
Looking at the tag history, most of these were added in a few larger
edits in 2014 and 2015.
What information do these terms contain exactly? What I understand
from the Wiki page, the names are determined by three properties: The
location (to be found from boundary relations), the height (tagged as
'ele') and the prominence (tagged as 'prominence').
prominence is an inactive proposal with over 7,000 uses. Possibly the
key prominence should be documented.
My very personal conclusion / opinion: These tags are undiscussed,
undocumented, not well-understood outside a small area and useless
because they can be derived from a few documented, verifiable tags.
There are similar tags in other parts of the world - e.g. the Ables of
Tasmania. If these things can be determined from present, relevant OSM
tag then that would be a good way froward. For example the Ables are a
simple elevation requirement.
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