On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Ian Sergeant <[email protected]> wrote: > Surprising stat. Especially considering paved is considered the default.
Yeah - I try to specify it wherever possible though, outside cities. > I really like multi-level tags. > > natural=water > water=lake > > surface=unpaved > unpaved=gravel > > surface=paved > paved=asphalt > > It makes it easy for people two write simple parsers without enumerating the > options, but people who are want to parse the details to do so. > > There are a number of instances when OSM uses this type of multi-level > tagging scheme, but it lacks any form of consistency. Agreed on all counts. There are a lot of people who still think the best thing to do is make up new tags on the fly and to encourage others to do the same. Steve _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
