2009/10/3 Jeremy Adams <[email protected]>: > I'm just a regular old mapper, but it's my humble opinion that the data in > the database must be consistent across the whole database. If different > regions want to use the map for different purposes, display different tags, > etc then they can apply their localization when they create their map. > Otherwise there's no way for applications (routing and otherwise) to know > how to work across the whole globe.
+1 > This also allows me or anyone else to use and/or edit data anywhere in the > world without having to know 1500+ different local tagging schemes. At this stage without intervention that's exactly where things are headed, and even encouraged by some. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
