On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 12:04 +0200, moltonel 3x Combo wrote: > > > Actually, I always wondered why timezones were kept out of OSM. I know > DST complicates tagging (it'll be the first thing I abolish when I > become World Dictator), but it seem like a very usefull "political" > boundary that I'd like to have in OSM. Appart from classroom use, I'd > love to replace the unwieldy timezone selector of many programs with a > clickable map generated from OSM. So, do timezones really "make no > sense in OSM" ? > (The OSM bit) I see no reason not to have timezone data, it is always going to follow a political boundary, which we already have. I am slightly confused by the idea put forward by Colin, that it can be a lower level than state or national.
GMT was invented by the railways, until then every town and city had its own time. (The not OSM bit) Daylight saving is a fantastic thing, in mid summer daylight at 4am is not much use to most people, but daylight at 10pm is very nice. As you move into autumn (fall to the Americans) it is nice not to be coming home from work in the dark. Next week DST ends and straight away it will be dark at home time, not much you can do about it, days are short. But in spring and autumn, it extends the useable day and makes life better. Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
