Hi all,
It has been mentioned in the past (and I expect many others have thought
it), that the current UK Tagging Guidelines wiki page [1] is to confusing
for newcomers and data consumers alike. I have had a go at addressing this
by creating a new version of this page [2]. As discussed on the Talk
section of this new page [3], I have tried to work in many of your (the UK
mappers) suggestions.
I have used the wiki cleanup objectives as a guide and have incorporated
the following key changes:
(i) Copyright - The first section replaces the current "Obtaining the data"
section and promotes the existing "Copyright" section to a more prominent
position. Info most relevant to helping new UK mappers is highlighted
(ii) Classic UK vs Alternative Global - The wiki guidelines (above) state
that we should "Provide a place for people to discuss new tagging
proposals". I have therefore kept both schemes. So as to not excessively
confuse newcomers I have split the page so that it reads as (a) tag the
fact that the way is there, (b) tag its legal status if applicable.
(iii) Public Rights of Way - As discussed on the talk-gb mailing list a
public right of way may run along a track, road, etc.. I have therefore
removed as much as the UK Classic vs Global Alternative debate out of this
section into (a) - "tag features presence". Following Achadwick suggestion
on Talk:United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines that the right of way should be
signified using the designation key (see table below). I have heavily
refocused the page to emphasise this. This greatly simplifies things for
newcomers & data consumers. In a way it also reduces the UK Classic vs
Global Alternative debate.
(iv) Scotland - Now has a separate section ready to be filled in.
Please take your time to have a look, and feedback comments to this mailing
list. Be friendly; I am still relatively new and this is my first real go
at editing a wiki :-)
Regards,
RobJN
[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines
[2]
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines_Consultation
[3]
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines_Consultation
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