Re: [Tagging] Beauty parlour

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 June 2010 15:58, pavithran wrote: > Oops missed that tag . yeah boutique would be appropriate ( missed the > tag because in Indian english we rarely hear the word 'boutique' ) At a first glance it looks French origin... > I think I better tag it as shop=beautyparlour but still would argue >

Re: [Tagging] Beauty parlour

2010-06-01 Thread pavithran
On 2 June 2010 11:12, John Smith wrote: > On 2 June 2010 15:36, pavithran wrote: >> There are shops called 'Fancy shops' which sell fancy items like >> ribbons,bangles,sticker other items used by girls . > > I think you are describing boutique shops, in which case I'd simply > use shop=boutique ?

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 June 2010 14:42, Roy Wallace wrote: > I'm not sure if I should start a new thread for this, but John: > shouldn't the node's role be "tower", not "transponder"? > i.e. the *relation* represents the transponder (hence > type=transponder), but the *node* represents the *tower*, so should > have

Re: [Tagging] Beauty parlour

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 June 2010 15:36, pavithran wrote: > There are shops called 'Fancy shops' which sell fancy items like > ribbons,bangles,sticker other items used by girls . I think you are describing boutique shops, in which case I'd simply use shop=boutique ? > It also needs a tag . Added to the above fancy

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 June 2010 14:37, Roy Wallace wrote: > Is this a characteristic of the feature (that should be tagged), or of > the residents (that shouldn't be tagged)? I'd say both... ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.

Re: [Tagging] Beauty parlour

2010-06-01 Thread pavithran
On 2 June 2010 09:49, John Smith wrote: > If the shop=hairdresser tag can't be extended enough to be suitable, > use a new one, shop=beauty for example. There are shops called 'Fancy shops' which sell fancy items like ribbons,bangles,sticker other items used by girls . It also needs a tag . Added

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread Martin Simon
2010/6/1 John Smith : > On 1 June 2010 19:41, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> why should we use a theory of spacial planning of the 1930ies that is >> loosing importance, and that is (as far as I understand it) less > > I think he was making a point about others already trying to > standardise citie

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010-06-01 Thread Roy Wallace
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 11:59 AM, John Smith wrote: > > I recently imported 2,152 locations, that have between them 7,633 > transmitters. Most of the towers had multiple transmitters so these > were added using a relation linked to the tower node, eg this location > has 17 transmitters: > > http://

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

2010-06-01 Thread Roy Wallace
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Stephen Hope wrote: > >> amenity=assisted_living + assisted_living=orphanage, OR >> amenity=assisted_living + residents=children. > > Hmm - not all homes for children are for orphans.  There is a home > near me that is for children/youth with very heavy caring need

Re: [Tagging] Beauty parlour

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 June 2010 13:53, pavithran wrote: > Hi , > I am looking for an appropriate tag for a place where women/girls go > to get some facial/hair/eyebrows done . They are called beauty > parlours . I could find something for hair dressers . If the shop=hairdresser tag can't be extended enough to be

[Tagging] Beauty parlour

2010-06-01 Thread pavithran
Hi , I am looking for an appropriate tag for a place where women/girls go to get some facial/hair/eyebrows done . They are called beauty parlours . I could find something for hair dressers . But here I am looking for * Beauty fixes * sex=male/female *Type=normal/herbal There are many such places i

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 June 2010 12:21, Stephen Hope wrote: > Hmm - not all homes for children are for orphans. There is a home > near me that is for children/youth with very heavy caring needs, that > cannot be handled by their families. Some of the residents stay there > all the time, some come for visits when

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

2010-06-01 Thread Stephen Hope
On 2 June 2010 11:48, Roy Wallace wrote: > > amenity=assisted_living, because (if?) in all cases you are describing > a place where people *live* with *assistance*. I like assisted_living as well. Be aware, though, that it is starting to be used as a marketing term for those places which are not

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
2010/6/2 y...@o2.pl : > Although voting should be ended last year ;) most of votes were added > after vote end. So I think it's finally time to end the voting: I'll > close it after weekend. If someone want to vote, please do it asap. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Base_tr

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

2010-06-01 Thread Roy Wallace
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:58 AM, y...@o2.pl wrote: > > We can > continue discussion at 'residential_home' proposal > (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Residential_home). > RFC is open since 2009 but there are still things we need to solve: > > * name: 'residential_home' or 'assi

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread Cartinus
On Friday 28 May 2010 13:14:30 sly (sylvain letuffe) wrote: > First, I'm aware that full classification of every populated places is not > possible world wide with one tag only, the proposition states that clearly. > administrative, interest, tourism, local concerns need to be recorded with > other

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010-06-01 Thread y...@o2.pl
Although voting should be ended last year ;) most of votes were added after vote end. So I think it's finally time to end the voting: I'll close it after weekend. If someone want to vote, please do it asap. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Base_transceiver_station Regards, Paw

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

2010-06-01 Thread y...@o2.pl
2010/5/28 Roy Wallace : > Right idea, but from my perspective landuse=* shouldn't be used to > describe an individual feature (like an orphanage), but to describe > the use of an area of land. If you want to do tiered tags like this > you'd use something more like amenity=residential_home + > resid

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 1 June 2010 19:41, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > why should we use a theory of spacial planning of the 1930ies that is > loosing importance, and that is (as far as I understand it) less I think he was making a point about others already trying to standardise cities and how they weren't able to

Re: [Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread Liz
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Do you suggest to add specific tags for factory "components" like > assembly lines, soldering facilities, bottling plants, ...? This will > become very extensive for all kind of factories that exist, but why > not? > Whatever is decided should be

Re: [Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/6/1 Liz : > A large factory may consist of a number of smaller parts, some of which are > workshops. Other areas may be assembly lines / bottling plants / first aid > posts. of course, it might also have its own fire department, police, shops, restaurants, traffic enforcement, railway statio

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/6/1 Martin Simon : > 2010/6/1 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer : > >> If you can read German I also suggest this one, which is not >> comparable to the English version: >> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadt > > How about this approach? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_place_theory > German: > http://

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread Martin Simon
2010/6/1 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer : > If you can read German I also suggest this one, which is not > comparable to the English version: > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadt How about this approach? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_place_theory German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_der_Zentr

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/5/28 sly (sylvain letuffe) : > First, I'm aware that full classification of every populated places is not > possible world wide with one tag only, ...The problem I see with actual place > usage is that it is not > standardazided world wide ... IMHO place is a rough estimate where in the loc

Re: [Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread Liz
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Liz wrote: > > Option 1 > > Industrial=factory/workshop > > I don't like this key. To me, that reads "this feature is an > *industrial*, of type *factory*", or "the *industrial* of this feature > is a *factory*". Maybe try t

Re: [Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread Liz
On Tue, 1 Jun 2010, Pieren wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Liz wrote: > > Are you talking about a landuse area, a building polygon, a site relation ? > > Pieren not landuse really because that wouldn't need a new Key, landuse=industrial would be a simple thing - a means to tag what i

Re: [Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread Roy Wallace
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Liz wrote: > > Option 1 > Industrial=factory/workshop I don't like this key. To me, that reads "this feature is an *industrial*, of type *factory*", or "the *industrial* of this feature is a *factory*". Maybe try to fill in the blank: a factory is a kind of ? I

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature : World wide place=* standardisation only based on population

2010-06-01 Thread sly (sylvain letuffe)
(Multiple answers) First, I'm aware that full classification of every populated places is not possible world wide with one tag only, the proposition states that clearly. administrative, interest, tourism, local concerns need to be recorded with other tags. The problem I see with actual place usa

Re: [Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread Pieren
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Liz wrote: Are you talking about a landuse area, a building polygon, a site relation ? Pieren ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread John Smith
On 1 June 2010 17:58, Liz wrote: > Option 4 > open for suggestion here I'd go for sub-typing and sub-tagging and use overly broad categories and then break it down from there, eg: factory=commercial/industrial/workshop/* produces=electrical/electronic/furniture/* ___

[Tagging] New Keys?

2010-06-01 Thread Liz
I photograph and then tag as many things as possible when out mapping. Today I was looking at a "light industrial area" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_industry and there are no suitable tags for factories and workshops http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workshop