On 7 May 2008, at 21:34, Robin Paulson wrote: > 2008/5/7 Erik Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> True, But I think landuse=brownfield should be banned, and all 300 >> ways tagged as such should be renamed to landuse=development & >> demolition. > > it's pretty uk-centric i agree; along with a lot of the tags in osm > > actually, i think the whole landuse category is a lazy bodge; every > tag there can easily be replaced with something far more descriptive, > consistent and useful
Greenfield and brownfield are terms used in the UK planning process. If you don't think that brownfield and greenfield are good tags then don't use them. > > >> It's very badly name if you aren't a native English speaker, >> especially since it's included in the Potlatch auto complete feature. >> Then again highway is also a strange tag name. > > yes, it is a strange choice. it leads to irrationalities like > highway=footway and highway=cycleway > why we're not using right_of_way=motorway|primary|cycleway|footway| > and so on, i don't know > Personally I don't find the name right of way generally only applies to footpaths, and in Scotland you are able to cycle on most right of ways legally due to the access legislation. A lot of paths that previously banned cycling had to have the no cycling signs removed. Highways like motorways or roads are not a right of way in my book. Shaun _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
