David, 80n, Thank you for your responses. i have now proposed the tag cave, and even included an icon which i hope someone will make better.
Kind regards, James Olney On 07/07/07, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/07/2007 18:39, 80n wrote: > > On 7/7/07, *James* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Hello mappers! > > I would like to propose a feature natural:cave i went to cheddar gorge > > recently and found many natural caves and would like to mark them on > > the map. I have been told i need to add the proposal onto the wiki, > > but i would firstly like to know if i should be marking a cave as > > something else (an existing tag). > > > > > > James, you don't actually *need* to do anything. You can tag them in > > whatever way suits you. However, the nice sociable thing to do is to > > put up a map features proposal and, if its a well thought out proposal, > > then others will most likely adopt it. > > Seems like a good idea, but following what Nick said... > > You may not *need* to do anything, but if no one knows, then it is a bit > of a pointless exercise (except for specialist tags that are only of > interest to the originator). If no one knows, they'll never get shown on > a map and no one else will know to follow the same convention. > > Just as Ulf could go his own way with waterway=slipway, there's not much > point unless those managing the rendering and other tools both know to > take note and actually do. > > Incidentally, a cave open to the public might also be classified as > tourism=attraction in some circumstances (e.g. Speedwell Cavern and > similar in Derbyshire) > > David > > _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk-gb
