Re: [Tagging] how to tag professional schools

2013-06-03 Thread Mikel Maron
For Map Kibera, we have used education:type=* http://taginfo.mapkibera.org/keys/education:type#values Not sure it's better or more established than any other. We'd like to see some consensus around it.   * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron >__

Re: [Tagging] What is the best tag for a flood marker ?

2013-02-15 Thread Mikel Maron
erway. I'm interested in this topic, due to our work on watersheds in Kerala http://groundtruth.in/2012/11/24/chalakudy-and-river-basin-open-data/   * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > From: Pieren >To: "Tag discussion, strategy an

Re: [Tagging] How do you tag a shop that sells herbal medicine

2011-11-10 Thread Mikel Maron
> health_facility:type=herbalist > >Calling it a "health facility" suggests somewhere where you might have >a consultation in more depth than you would in a shop, where you would >simply buy something (or ask for brief advice on what to buy), so >perhaps "herbalist" can be a value both for "shop

Re: [Tagging] How do you tag a shop that sells herbal medicine

2011-11-10 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi Herbalists are common in Kibera, we used these tags for health facilities http://mapkibera.org/wiki/index.php?title=Tagging/Health health_facility:type=herbalist but will be happy to align that to consensus practice. Mikel   == Mikel Maron == +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron

Re: [Tagging] man_made=crane

2011-08-15 Thread Mikel Maron
How does Flickr know to call it an 'AT-AT'? :)   == Mikel Maron == +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > >From: straup >To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" >Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:40 PM >Subject: Re: [Taggi

Re: [Tagging] [HOT] recording damage

2010-09-24 Thread Mikel Maron
Here's where things stand, definitely can use more attention, and improvements. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Tags Eventually might be good to have a system to manage the crosswalks, and conversion into JOSM presets and formats for automatic conversion. == Mikel

[Tagging] linear vs area roundabout

2010-03-20 Thread Mikel Maron
Hi Fwd'd message below ... makes sense to me that roundabout is always linear, but documentation is ambiguous Any ideas about this issue? Thanks Mikel - Forwarded Message From: Thomas Mikel, Thanks for the opportunity to ask you some (more general) questions directly. I’