Re: [Tagging] shop: area or way?

2014-05-25 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
> Am 25/mag/2014 um 09:08 schrieb Markus Semm : > > What is your idea how we could fix this issue? get rid of the "valid on" phrasing, it could be "commonly used on" instead Personally I have never cared, I tag to the object that makes most sense to me. It is not even 100% clear in many case

Re: [Tagging] shop: area or way?

2014-05-25 Thread Peter Wendorff
Yes, sure - didn't talk about any tag to make it an area ;) regards Peter Am 25.05.2014 09:52, schrieb Andreas Labres: > On 25.05.14 09:37, Peter Wendorff wrote [a perfect explanation]. > > I'd like to add one thing: A closed way just is a closed way (think of a > roundabout junction). Adding a

Re: [Tagging] shop: area or way?

2014-05-25 Thread Andreas Labres
On 25.05.14 09:37, Peter Wendorff wrote [a perfect explanation]. I'd like to add one thing: A closed way just is a closed way (think of a roundabout junction). Adding a shop=* tag makes it an area (so you don't need an extra area=yes tag)! /al ___ Tagg

Re: [Tagging] shop: area or way?

2014-05-25 Thread Peter Wendorff
Hi Markus, Wiki and taginfo both are correct, but your interpretation is not ;) There is no area data type in OSM. Any way that forms a closed polygon may be interpreted as an area/polygon, depending on the tags. The info boxes are dedicated to the mapper, here saying: "use it on polygons (that i

Re: [Tagging] shop: area or way?

2014-05-25 Thread Andre Engels
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Markus Semm wrote: > Hi all, > > I´m currently trying to improve the wiki in regards of shops=*. > > While preparing this activity I found a discrepancy where I would need > your guidance. > > > > Example: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop=shoes > > > >

[Tagging] shop: area or way?

2014-05-25 Thread Markus Semm
Hi all, I´m currently trying to improve the wiki in regards of shops=*. While preparing this activity I found a discrepancy where I would need your guidance. Example: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop=shoes In the green box in the top right corner in section "Used on these elements" w