Hi, On 01/24/12 14:35, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
How would you improve / modify (say split) an object where you don't understand part of the tags applied to it?
I agree but would like to point out that this problem applies to properly documented tags as well - there are quite a few interesting proposals about tagging e.g. turn lanes at large intersections which would lead to these junctions being un-understandable for the average mapper. It is not sufficient to say "oh well the documentation is all here" ;)
Imagine that this tendency grows stronger and a few imports later our db would have more crypted keys then "readable" ones. If osm is about open data, it should be really open, not only freely available but unusable because crypted.
Crypted is perhaps not the right word here because even if the tag says clearly what it is ("freds_internal_place_database_id=1736253") it might still be of little use for anyone who has no access to Fred's internal place database.
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