On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Um...what??? That will not write itself. Do you expect us to >> successfully digitize and maintain a database of all laws of all >> countries? > > What do you think? Work with me, here.
I think that would be a nightmare, and would not work. If anything, it would introduce MORE inconsistency due to 1) difficulty maintaining the lawbook and 2) a more complicated set of guidelines and more complicated wiki, making it even LESS likely that people will follow it consistently. As I've said, I'd prefer to stick to *mapping what's on the ground*, *according to the guidelines in the wiki*. This is the only way to get global consistency, which I think is important for the reasons I've already described. >> Let's get the tagging schemes right first. Seriously, it's not >> going to be a big deal to e.g. add foot=yes/no to cycleways. > > You: It's easy to add "foot=yes". > Me: It's hard to get everyone to consistently add "foot=yes". > > Just so we're clear on that. Can we move on? Me: It *will be* easy to get everyone to consistently add "foot=yes" when: 1) I can convince you guys that this approach is the best way to get global consistency, and that that's important; 2) people realise that editors can be used to avoid additional keystrokes and so there is actually no cost in adding foot=yes; 3) this mess is sorted out, and the guidelines for path/footway/cycleway are consolidated and improved (made clear) Re: 3), I often hear people say "it's such a mess, I gave up asking on the email list and now I just use cycleway when [ insert custom definition ]". >> Let's get the tagging right first - editor improvements will follow. >> > If by "get the tagging right" you mean "analyse the problem, work out what > people are doing, and come up with the most efficient set of tags for people > to use", then yes. But I don't think you mean that. I do mean that! Assuming that, by "most efficient", you mean "most likely to result in a complete and consistent map of the Earth". And before you say "but that's not necessarily efficient", part of being "likely to result in a good outcome" is that mappers remain motivated to contribute - so this does take into account that the tags have to be satisfying to use. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
