Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 9:10 AM, John Smith  wrote:
>
> I don't see an overly compelling reason to change the existing tag,

Me either. In my previous post I was actually trying to point out the
problems with the landuse tag, rather than advocate it.

I think natural=beach is fine to describe an area of sand that
resembles a beach (regardless of whether humans have created it or use
it), just as natural=water tends to be used to describe an area of
water.

> however there are things like golf course bunkers that are sand but
> aren't a beach that probably shouldn't be tagged natural=beach like
> some people did in the past to make the bunkers render.

Surely these should be tagged golf_course=bunker, or something.

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 11 April 2010 20:40, Roy Wallace  wrote:
> Surely these should be tagged golf_course=bunker, or something.

I was hoping for something a little more generic since you can also
have beach volley ball areas that are no where near beaches, there is
also sand in deserts, and sand dunes that aren't desert but aren't
part of a beach either.

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/4/11 John Smith :
> On 11 April 2010 20:40, Roy Wallace  wrote:
>> Surely these should be tagged golf_course=bunker, or something.
>
> I was hoping for something a little more generic since you can also
> have beach volley ball areas that are no where near beaches, there is
> also sand in deserts, and sand dunes that aren't desert but aren't
> part of a beach either.


+1
even for jumping (sports) there are sand pitches, on playgrounds, ...

cheers,
Martin

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[Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
For a while now, I've been drawing and tagging drive through lanes at fast
food restaurants with highway=service and service=drive_thru (and sometimes
also oneway=yes since it seems that the implicit vs. explicit tags debate is
not yet done). Does anybody think that this is a good idea that can be
adopted by others?

Here are some actual examples:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/37125344
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/39809748
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/30691826


Eugene (osm:seav)
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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 01:36, Eugene Alvin Villar  wrote:
> For a while now, I've been drawing and tagging drive through lanes at fast
> food restaurants with highway=service and service=drive_thru (and sometimes
> also oneway=yes since it seems that the implicit vs. explicit tags debate is

No idea if this is a good idea or not, is there a need to tag drive
through differently?

If there is a good need for a sub-type, you could always add
oneway=yes as implied by your tag scheme.

Should through be shortened to thru since road isn't abbreviated to Rd etc?

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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:46 AM, John Smith wrote:

> On 12 April 2010 01:36, Eugene Alvin Villar  wrote:
> > For a while now, I've been drawing and tagging drive through lanes at
> fast
> > food restaurants with highway=service and service=drive_thru (and
> sometimes
> > also oneway=yes since it seems that the implicit vs. explicit tags debate
> is
>
> No idea if this is a good idea or not, is there a need to tag drive
> through differently?
>

Depending on the situation it might affect routing.

I have indeed tagged a couple of these, using "highway=service,
service=drive-through, access=private, oneway=yes".

In my experience the oneway is usually explicit, as there are arrows on the
ground.
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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread Pieren
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Anthony  wrote:

>
> I have indeed tagged a couple of these, using "highway=service,
> service=drive-through, access=private, oneway=yes".
>
>
highway=service + oneway=yes + access=destination

Pieren
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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 01:56, Anthony  wrote:
> In my experience the oneway is usually explicit, as there are arrows on the
> ground.

junction=roundabout implies oneway=yes, which is why you don't need to
add a oneway tag as well.

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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread Anthony
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 12:13 PM, John Smith wrote:

> On 12 April 2010 01:56, Anthony  wrote:
> > In my experience the oneway is usually explicit, as there are arrows on
> the
> > ground.
>
> junction=roundabout implies oneway=yes, which is why you don't need to
> add a oneway tag as well.
>

Ah, I see.

Now, if we really want to start a flame war, maybe I should ask whether or
not to include "bicycle=no" :).
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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 02:33, Anthony  wrote:
> Now, if we really want to start a flame war, maybe I should ask whether or
> not to include "bicycle=no" :).

While your comment is tongue in cheek, most drive throughs have
height/width restrictions and usually don't allow towed vehicles to be
taken through either, not sure if anyone has come up with suitable
tagging for this.

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread Roy Wallace
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 11:18 PM, John Smith  wrote:
> On 11 April 2010 20:40, Roy Wallace  wrote:
>> Surely these should be tagged golf_course=bunker, or something.
>
> I was hoping for something a little more generic

Suggestions? As is, you can't use surface because that's only for
"roads/footpaths" (although strangely it's also used for
leisure=pitch's - seems the wiki needs updating). And landuse is
perhaps problematic for the reasons I mentioned before (i.e. overlap
with "natural"). Although, landuse=sand would be analogous to the
current use of landuse=grass.

> you can also
> have beach volley ball areas that are no where near beaches

leisure=pitch
+ sport=volleyball (or beach_volleyball, I would suggest)
+ surface=sand (see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dpitch)

> there is
> also sand in deserts,

I'd suggest natural=desert (+ maybe surface=sand). Strangely abandoned
old proposal: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Deserts

> and sand dunes that aren't desert but aren't
> part of a beach either.

Surely natural=sand_dune

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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar  wrote:
>
> For a while now, I've been drawing and tagging drive through lanes at fast
> food restaurants with highway=service and service=drive_thru

I've done similar, though I've used "service=drivethru". Adding
oneway=yes can't hurt.

Would be nice to see this added to the wiki at least in these locations:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:service
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfast_food

As for what exactly is the best tag, FWIW, wikipedia has
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through, thus perhaps
service=drive-through would be best.

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 07:50, Roy Wallace  wrote:
> Suggestions? As is, you can't use surface because that's only for
> "roads/footpaths" (although strangely it's also used for

Why does the surface tag have to be limited to roads/footpaths?

> leisure=pitch's - seems the wiki needs updating). And landuse is
> perhaps problematic for the reasons I mentioned before (i.e. overlap
> with "natural"). Although, landuse=sand would be analogous to the
> current use of landuse=grass.

landuse=sand might be suitable for a sand mine, but the term landuse
to me indicates what it's being used for, not what covers the "ground"
eg landuse=residential etc has no relation to the top soil

> leisure=pitch
> + sport=volleyball (or beach_volleyball, I would suggest)
> + surface=sand (see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dpitch)

You are contradicting what you said earlier about surface...

> I'd suggest natural=desert (+ maybe surface=sand). Strangely abandoned
> old proposal: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Deserts

Seemed like a reasonable proposal, but I didn't check on usage.

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread Steve Doerr
From: "John Smith" 

> I was hoping for something a little more generic since you can also
> have beach volley ball areas that are no where near beaches, there is
> also sand in deserts, and sand dunes that aren't desert but aren't
> part of a beach either.

Sand is not a necessary element of a beach in any case. In fact, the 
original meaning of 'beach' was: 'The loose water-worn pebbles of the 
sea-shore; shingle.'

-- 
Steve 



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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 09:09, Steve Doerr  wrote:
> Sand is not a necessary element of a beach in any case. In fact, the
> original meaning of 'beach' was: 'The loose water-worn pebbles of the
> sea-shore; shingle.'

All this means is that sand is assumed, since natural=beach renders as
a yellow colour. To be able to accurately tag beaches, natural=beach
needs a sub-type to modify the default, surface=* might be a suitable
option.

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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Pieren  wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Anthony  wrote:
>
>>
>> I have indeed tagged a couple of these, using "highway=service,
>> service=drive-through, access=private, oneway=yes".
>>
>>
> highway=service + oneway=yes + access=destination
>
> Pieren
>

An explicit tag would be better since routers can then let the user filter
for fast food restaurants that have drive-throughs and then route them to
the selected drive-through entrance appropriately.
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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Roy Wallace  wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar 
> wrote:
> >
> > For a while now, I've been drawing and tagging drive through lanes at
> fast
> > food restaurants with highway=service and service=drive_thru
>
> I've done similar, though I've used "service=drivethru". Adding
> oneway=yes can't hurt.
>
> Would be nice to see this added to the wiki at least in these locations:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:service
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfast_food
>
> As for what exactly is the best tag, FWIW, wikipedia has
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through, thus perhaps
> service=drive-through would be best.
>

Since a couple of people mentioned that service=drive-through is a good
value, then I'd go for this value too for consistency.

I'd rather get some more people agree to this idea before changing the wiki
pages. :-)
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Re: [Tagging] Is highway=service, service=drive_thru a good idea?

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 13:49, Eugene Alvin Villar  wrote:
> Since a couple of people mentioned that service=drive-through is a good
> value, then I'd go for this value too for consistency.

If you want to be consistent, use underscores not hyphens, eg
service=drive_through

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread Roy Wallace
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:04 AM, John Smith  wrote:
>
> On 12 April 2010 07:50, Roy Wallace  wrote:
>> Suggestions? As is, you can't use surface because that's only for
>> "roads/footpaths" (although strangely it's also used for
>
> Why does the surface tag have to be limited to roads/footpaths?

It doesn't have to be in future. It's just what the wiki says at the moment.

> landuse=sand might be suitable for a sand mine, but the term landuse
> to me indicates what it's being used for, not what covers the "ground"
> eg landuse=residential etc has no relation to the top soil

Good point. I assume you disagree with the use of landuse=grass, then?
(which is listed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landuse)

>> leisure=pitch
>> + sport=volleyball (or beach_volleyball, I would suggest)
>> + surface=sand (see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dpitch)
>
> You are contradicting what you said earlier about surface...

Well, the wiki page for surface=* contradicts the wiki page for
leisure=pitch. I think the latter is better.

Anyway, the approach seems to be to 1) mark what the feature is, then
2) mark what the surface is, and if necessary 3) mark what the area is
used for. So for the bunker, golf_course_obstacle=bunker (or whatever)
+ surface=sand sounds fine to me.

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread Stephen Hope
It sounds to me like we're getting back to the old argument about the
difference between land-use and land-cover. Unfortunately, tags for
both have been lumped together into landuse=*, (as well as some
natural, man-made etc) which is why the debate reoccurs so often.

Sand is a cover, not a use.  So are grass, rocks, pavement, trees,
water, etc.  It's common for a single landuse (eg a park) to have many
different covers (eg some grass, some trees, a pond, a paved area,
etc).  It's also possible (though less common) for a single landcover
area to have different uses - eg a single patch of grass near me is a
park at one end and school grounds at the other, with no fence.  We
should be encouraging that any given area may have both a  use type
tag and a cover type tag.

My personal opinion is that we should separate out the cover tags from
landuse into some other tag (doesn't have to be landcover).  Not
because this is required, or it for easier searching, though they may
be side benefits.  Simply because having cover types in landuse
confuses things.

Stephen


>> landuse=sand might be suitable for a sand mine, but the term landuse
>> to me indicates what it's being used for, not what covers the "ground"
>> eg landuse=residential etc has no relation to the top soil
>
> Good point. I assume you disagree with the use of landuse=grass, then?
> (which is listed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landuse)
>

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 14:20, Roy Wallace  wrote:
> Good point. I assume you disagree with the use of landuse=grass, then?
> (which is listed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Landuse)

It seems inconsistent with other landuses such as residential,
industrial, commercial etc.

> Well, the wiki page for surface=* contradicts the wiki page for
> leisure=pitch. I think the latter is better.

Someone updated the wiki on natural=beach in February to include a
surface=* option.

> Anyway, the approach seems to be to 1) mark what the feature is, then
> 2) mark what the surface is, and if necessary 3) mark what the area is
> used for. So for the bunker, golf_course_obstacle=bunker (or whatever)
> + surface=sand sounds fine to me.

I updated the ticket I submitted the other day for surface=sand to be
rendered the same as natural=beach

http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2873

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Re: [Tagging] Beaches

2010-04-11 Thread John Smith
On 12 April 2010 15:05, Stephen Hope  wrote:
> My personal opinion is that we should separate out the cover tags from
> landuse into some other tag (doesn't have to be landcover).  Not
> because this is required, or it for easier searching, though they may
> be side benefits.  Simply because having cover types in landuse
> confuses things.

surface=* seems to be the logical tag to use for this, and is already
widely used, and not just for highways/paths...

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