I think stereotyping by nationality is quite un-OSM too. (I'm Brazilian, btw.)
I think validators have a significant role in the current problem: we need a warning about missing bridges/tunnels when two ways overlap, regardless of the value in the "layer" tag of either way. This will discourage the use of layer=-1 on rivers to avoid validation warnings, and will also reveal when this was done and encourage people to effectively map bridges and tunnels. I now agree that the "layer" tag should be used as locally as possible, so I think Richard had good intentions when proposing this. At the same time, I think you, Frederik, has a good point that arriving at a threshold for that number is quite hard. What exactly do we want to avoid? Really, really long ways with a layer tag. So why not set this threshold higher? Say 10 km? On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Frederik Ramm <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 15.03.2014 14:44, Richard Z. wrote: >> I think it would be good to agree on something... >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:layer#Maximum_recommended_segment_length_of_ways_tagged_with_layer > > I think that choosing some fixed number would be un-OSM. Your idea that > length limits should apply to certain layers but not others strikes me > as odd. You have already written down a rule that people shouldn't use > layer=-1 to hide validator warnings; no need to breathe down mapper's > necks with ever more detailed rules. It's not a German project ;) > > Bye > Frederik > > -- > Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk -- Fernando Trebien +55 (51) 9962-5409 "The speed of computer chips doubles every 18 months." (Moore's law) "The speed of software halves every 18 months." (Gates' law) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
