Re: [Tagging] Polite request for when replying.

2010-08-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 August 2010 07:35, Dave F. wrote: > The emergency=* thread got split into many separate & became hard to follow > (& not just by me from looking at some of the replies!) That is probably because it was cross posted to the talk list. There has only been one other threading issue I'm aware of

Re: [Tagging] Polite request for when replying.

2010-08-01 Thread Dave F.
On 01/08/2010 14:22, Steve Bennett wrote: On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Dave F. wrote: Can I please ask that when replying to a previous message that they do it in line so that they display in one thread. Sorry, what do you mean, "in line"? I may not be using the correct terminology, tre

[Tagging] Road closed in wet weather

2010-08-01 Thread Liz
Before this list existed, the need for a dry_weather_only tag was disputed on talk. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/02/2970371.htm ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] emergency=*

2010-08-01 Thread Mike N.
I don't think it is. Amenity has a meaning & most in map features are correctly tagged for it (not sure about architect office though). That should be under office now: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:office ___ Tagging mailing list Taggi

Re: [Tagging] emergency=*

2010-08-01 Thread John Smith
On 2 August 2010 01:20, Dave F. wrote: > The database can handle a infinite definitions. (actually probably not > infinite, but you know what I mean). Storage capacity isn't really relevant, because at some point the keys would become unintelligible... > For some reason Liz claimed that the prob

Re: [Tagging] emergency=*

2010-08-01 Thread Dave F.
On 01/08/2010 03:55, John Smith wrote: On 1 August 2010 12:11, Dave F. wrote: To differentiate between different entities, such as, in this thread, different uses of hospitals& ambulances can be clarified using sub rags - it doesn't have to be done in the primary one. People think amenity is

Re: [Tagging] Polite request for when replying.

2010-08-01 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Dave F. wrote: > Can I please ask that when replying to a previous message that they do it in > line so that they display in one thread. Sorry, what do you mean, "in line"? Fwiw, I'm using Gmail, which groups but doesn't tree-structure threads. So my issue is tha

Re: [Tagging] Builders' Merchants -> Timber Merchant

2010-08-01 Thread ael
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 04:43:19PM +0530, pavithran wrote: > On 29 July 2010 16:18, ael wrote: > >> > shop = trade > >> >  trade=building_supplies|timber_yard|agricultural_supplies|plastics|... > > I like the trade=* but why call it shop=trade . I doesnt sound good . > Is there a restrictions on