Because Graeme politely included a question mark, I'll do my best here to offer
my interpretation, which might actually approach and "answer" to his question:
whether a note=* or a description=*, each of these data are "in" OSM, as OSM is
a database. "Downstream" use cases, like a rendering, an overlay, a particular
display of OSM data in a particular app on your phone or tablet...these are
indeed OSM data, but "filtered" through a particular methodology for DISPLAYING
those data. So, while the datum of note=* is different than the datum of
description=*, whether one, the other or both are displayed in any particular
downstream use case is 100% dependent on whether that "interpretation"
(renderer, map editor...) chooses to display this, that or another particular
datum.
In short, BOTH "notes are visible to mappers on OSM" AND "descriptions are
visible to OSM." This is dependent, of course, on the editor ("mapper use
case," if you will) being used, but "data are data." Choosing whether this or
that is selected should be driven by which tag to use is more correct, as can
be found in our wiki's pages for the note=* tag, or the description=* tag, or
community usage, such as taginfo numbers or evidence shown in an Overpass Turbo
query of actual in-the-map data.
I hope this helps!
On Jan 2, 2024, at 2:03 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Only thought there is should the note= possibly be a description= ?
> Notes are only visible to mappers on OSM, descriptions show to "everybody"
> (?) using it downstream.
>
> Thanks
> Graeme
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