Re: [Tagging] [Talk-us] Aeroway=Aerodrome Modifier Tags?

2010-06-17 Thread Zeke Farwell
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: > Although there are other uses of map data, the > primary use is for renderers. We don't abuse our own tagging systems > to suit a specific version of a specific renderer, but we certainly > "tag for renderers"... Going out of our way to avo

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > So it looks like the general consensus is that a link should only > intersect other links except at the ends? > Clarification: I mean that each "independent section" of the link or connecting string of links should intersect no non-links (

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Advanced stop line

2010-06-17 Thread Alex Wardle
Since no one has yet voted I have changed the key to cycleway=advanced_stop_line , this gets rid of the abbreviation. This new key should be easier to work out what it means. Alex On 17/06/10 21:42, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2010/6/17 Alex Wardle : >> Could people please look and vote on this

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Advanced stop line

2010-06-17 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/6/17 Alex Wardle : > Could people please look and vote on this proposal. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Advanced_stop_line IMHO before voting you should make the actual tags to describe the situation more visible on the proposal page. There were also comments that "as

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/6/17 : > "The highway tag is the primary tag used for highways. It is often the > only tag.  It is a very general and sometimes vague description of the > importance of the highway for the road grid. " > > The term "importance" isn't defined Why shouldn't importance not be defined? It is po

Re: [Tagging] Aeroway=Aerodrome Modifier Tags?

2010-06-17 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/6/17 Zeke Farwell : > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:21 AM, John Smith > wrote: >> >> Everything you talked about above is specifically about rendering, not >> about mapping, in terms of mapping airports you really need to base >> things on a 1:1 basis > If you are making > an aviation specific m

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
So it looks like the general consensus is that a link should only intersect other links except at the ends? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Advanced stop line

2010-06-17 Thread Alex Wardle
Could people please look and vote on this proposal. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Advanced_stop_line ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
On 16 Jun 2010, at 20:54 , Nathan Edgars II wrote: > So a trunk road crosses a primary road, but you're not allowed to turn > at the crossing. Instead you have to turn before or after and loop > around to get from one to the other. If this connecting status is the > sole reason through traffic wo

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Greg Troxel
The only problem is that, in this case, it's not a normal-looking "sliproad/ramp", but a surface street that would normally be tagged highway=residential or unclassified. Here are a few examples: http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-1+S&daddr=40.500421,-74.398974&geocode=FaQCagIdiLKQ-w%3

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - medical=aed

2010-06-17 Thread John Smith
On 17 June 2010 19:12, MatsH wrote: > I'll be happy about comments, I'd like to set this up fr voting rather > quick. I'd be more concerned with comments than getting round to voting since it's mostly pointless. I personally don't see a big issue with this tag, it seems pretty straight forward,

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread John Smith
On 17 June 2010 19:23, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > It's not a hard question: what tag do I use to show that one of many It's not a hard answer either, you just don't like the answer it seems. > roads is the road that's marked on the ground as the connection > between two crossing highways? This en

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Richard Mann
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Richard Mann > wrote: >> On the specific example, in the UK these would be tertiarys: an >> ordinary street that serves a "through" or within-city distribution >> function. They'd have to be pretty domina

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Richard Mann wrote: > Nathan - there's some form of setting in your email account that means > that every time you reply to a thread we see a new thread starting > (dropping the Re: prefix, maybe?). This makes it very hard to follow > the thread, as the emails get

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Richard Mann
Nathan - there's some form of setting in your email account that means that every time you reply to a thread we see a new thread starting (dropping the Re: prefix, maybe?). This makes it very hard to follow the thread, as the emails get out of order. On the specific example, in the UK these would

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Andre Engels
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Simone Saviolo wrote: > Seeing the pictures, in fact, I wouldn't tag them as links either. > IMHO, they're not really links, they're just streets that happen to > offer a connection between the two main roads. I agree, _link does not seem to apply well to that ty

[Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
John Smith wrote: >On 17 June 2010 18:49, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >> But how would the routing software (or person reading the map) know to >> use these specific streets? In both photos you can see the guide signs >> that the state has posted to direct traffic along them; it also (at >> least some

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - medical=aed

2010-06-17 Thread MatsH
Hey everybody, after having this proposal drafting for way too long, I finally put this to RFC. See here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/automated_external_defibrillator It's about an AED (Automated external defibrillator). An AED is a device designed for the layman to trea

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread John Smith
On 17 June 2010 18:49, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > But how would the routing software (or person reading the map) know to > use these specific streets? In both photos you can see the guide signs > that the state has posted to direct traffic along them; it also (at > least sometimes) maintains them,

[Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Simone Saviolo wrote: >> So how would you tag them, so a person or routing software can see >> which of the many streets is the connection? > >Again, judging from the pictures, I wouldn't tag any of those ways in >a special manner. They're similar streets that form a grid; a routing >software just

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Simone Saviolo
2010/6/17 Nathan Edgars II : > Simone Saviolo wrote: >>Seeing the pictures, in fact, I wouldn't tag them as links either. >>IMHO, they're not really links, they're just streets that happen to >>offer a connection between the two main roads. > > So how would you tag them, so a person or routing soft

[Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Simone Saviolo wrote: >Seeing the pictures, in fact, I wouldn't tag them as links either. >IMHO, they're not really links, they're just streets that happen to >offer a connection between the two main roads. So how would you tag them, so a person or routing software can see which of the many street

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Simone Saviolo
2010/6/17 Nathan Edgars II : > Simone Saviolo wrote: >>The wiki seems pretty clear to me: the definition for trunk_link says >> >>"The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a trunk road from/to >>a trunk road or lower class highway." >> >>So if this connection leads from a trunk to a primary

[Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Simone Saviolo wrote: >The wiki seems pretty clear to me: the definition for trunk_link says > >"The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a trunk road from/to >a trunk road or lower class highway." > >So if this connection leads from a trunk to a primary, then the >connection is a trunk_lin

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread Simone Saviolo
> Nathan Edgars II (nerou...@gmail.com) wrote: >> So a trunk road crosses a primary road, but you're not allowed to turn >> at the crossing. Instead you have to turn before or after and loop >> around to get from one to the other. If this connecting status is the >> sole reason through traffic woul

Re: [Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

2010-06-17 Thread charlie
Nathan Edgars II (nerou...@gmail.com) wrote: > Charlie wrote: >> Maybe you could think about it in terms of speed of travel - do cars >> typically travel at high speeds, moderate speeds or residential speeds >> - and is the road multi-lane, two-lane etc? > That's not what highway classification is