How do you think the Chapter should do that? Organize a working group? An (online) event? A vote of some kind?
Martijn On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Peter Dobratz <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > -- 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
