On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Ian Mc Shane <ianmcsh...@live.co.za> wrote: > > From what I understand the openstreetmap.org map is purely for show and not > meant to be THE place to view all the data... its up to other groups to show > what they want e.g. cloudmade, cyclemap, etc...
Yup, this is absolutely right. Data first, users (including renderers!) second. > Maybe one day we will have "pipemap.org" showing us the world of pipes that > live beneath our world but that is up to "pipemap.org" and not necessarily > openstreetmap.org Funny you should mention that, because it already exists!: http://elanor.mine.nu/daeron/kartat.php?zoom=16&lat=60.19553&lon=24.95806&layers=0000B000000 > I found it documented here: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FAQ#What_shall_I_do_for_roads_that_have_multiple_values_for_a_tag.3F. Ah, well spotted. > Multiple values separated by semicolons by far seems to me the simplest way > to denote multiple values for a single key with less worry that keys will be > overused. I guess. There's advantages and disadvantages to both approaches. > Thanks for the feedback so far, it has been a learning experience. No problem :) Oh, by the way, I just noticed that this thread has been on t...@openstreetmap.org. In future, for tagging-related stuff, please post to tagg...@openstreetmap.org (so those uninterested in tagging threads can ignore them). Cheers. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk