Yes, OSMF US shouldn't mandate a certain tagging scheme, but they could certainly help to facilitate a consensus among the community.
Peter On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Martijn van Exel <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe that the core tasks of the US Chapter should be 1) to > support and help grow the community, and 2) engage with existing and > potential professional users to stimulate awareness and adoption. > Defining the map itself should not be among them, this is and should > always be a community effort, even though it is sometimes a cumbersome > process. If you're saying that the Chapter could do something to > support reaching a consensus or define the issue more clearly, such as > facilitating a working group or a wiki clean-up, I could not agree > more. But I don't see the Chapter going in and defining a definitive > (is there even such a thing?) tagging scheme for roads. That would > have the Chapter claim a mandate that it was never given and would > only serve to divide the community rather than strengthening it. > > Martijn > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Peter Dobratz <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 1) What would you like to see the US local chapter do? >> >> Come up with a consistent way to tag roads for the country. Somehow >> get a consensus from current mappers about how tag >> US/state/county/whatever highways. Update this page >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging >> >> and then remove "There is conflicting information on this topic at >> several places." >> >> Specifically, on the Way: >> ref=??? >> highway=??? >> name=??? >> >> Add Way to Relation >> type=route >> route=road >> name=??? >> network=??? >> state_id=??? >> ref=??? >> modifier=??? >> direction=??? >> >> For exit Node: >> highway=motorway_junction >> name=??? >> ref=??? >> exit_to=??? >> >> Once we know how to map what we have, then we can document in the wiki >> specifically how every numbered road should be documented. >> >>> 2) Why should this be done by the local chapter, and not by individual >>> mappers? >> >> Every individual mapper can have their own idea about how these things >> should be tagged. As it is right now, mappers look at the conflicting >> information on the wiki and then make an educated decision, only to >> have someone come in later and change the tags on the roads, often >> leaving the map in an inconsistent state. >> >> I think there may even already be a committee setup to tackle this very >> issue: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Working_Groups/US_Tagging >> >>> 3) Why should this be done by the local chapter and not by the OSMF? >> >> Though there may be some global consistency with road tagging, >> standards need to be established for each country. Road tagging is >> often influenced by US states making designations and signing each >> road accordingly. These signs do not necessarily have an >> international equivalent. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > > > -- > martijn van exel > geospatial omnivore > 1109 1st ave #2 > salt lake city, ut 84103 > 801-550-5815 > http://oegeo.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
