Re: [Tagging] Semi-detached houses: undocumented iD preset

2015-09-18 Thread Ruben Maes
Friday 18 September 2015 09:47:12, Frederik Ramm: > When someone adds copious "is_in" tags to things, or when they create > relations like "all cycleways in Cambridge", we tell them: Don't bother > doing that, we use a spatial database, and we can compute these things > from the data. > > I'd say

Re: [Tagging] Semi-detached houses: undocumented iD preset

2015-09-18 Thread Ruben Maes
Thursday 17 September 2015 16:48:48, Martin Koppenhoefer: > > sent from a phone > > > Am 17.09.2015 um 16:29 schrieb Ruben Maes : > > > > building:type=semidetached_house, > > is ok for me. We should write a definition into the wiki, thank you for > prepar

[Tagging] Semi-detached houses: undocumented iD preset

2015-09-17 Thread Ruben Maes
Hi all Yesterday iD got a new preset: building=semidetached_house. https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2776 This tag is *not documented anywhere at all*. Additionally it seems to merely be the result of an import ([1]) (See my comments on the GitHub issue.) Bryan doesn't see any problem

Re: [Tagging] Handle with care (was: Accuracy of survey)

2015-09-15 Thread Ruben Maes
Friday 11 September 2015 19:16:09, André Pirard: > But JOSM says "The server responds with the return code 404 instead of 200. " > when trying to validate http://dev.openstreetmap.org/ as well as > http://api06.dev.openstreetmap.org/ > Thanks, but please give correct information. Hi André The e

Re: [Tagging] Proposed mechanical edit: surface=soil to surface=dirt (history (authors of changesets))

2015-09-07 Thread Ruben Maes
Wednesday 02 September 2015 13:51:09, André Pirard: > What policy, what purpose, that's unclear? > Is OSM.org using that API to display the history on the screen illegal? > Is Osmose using it to attribute errors to some user illegal? > Yep, I suppose that making oneself a complete list of OSM users

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-29 Thread Ruben Maes
Saturday 29 August 2015 12:46:04, Richard: > highway=footpath may cause less trouble. I think it would cause *more* trouble. This resembles highway=footway too much, especially for non-native English speakers. -- The field "from" of an email is about as reliable as the address written on the

Re: [Tagging] Access tags (general question, but mostly regarding bicycle)

2015-08-28 Thread Ruben Maes
Friday 28 August 2015 19:05:52, Mateusz Konieczny: > For example iD - is it clearly > indicating that it is about legal status? I am also regularly checking > situation in my region and fixing new problem. In English it's called "Access". How it's called in other languages depends on the translato

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-28 Thread Ruben Maes
Friday 28 August 2015 18:28:44, ksg: > Some horse whisperer may translate that to English Done. I'm not a native English speaker nor a native German speaker so please do check the translation if you have the time. -- The field "from" of an email is about as reliable as the address written on th

Re: [Tagging] waterway=derelict_canal

2015-08-26 Thread Ruben Maes
Wednesday 26 August 2015 21:04:47, Andrew Errington: > Curiously, the disadvantages of "disused=yes" seem rather contrived, > and not really likely, whereas the disadvantages of "disused:*=*" seem > quite genuine. Not to mention that "disused=yes" is simpler, and very > obvious to a human reader.

Re: [Tagging] waterway=derelict_canal

2015-08-26 Thread Ruben Maes
Wednesday 26 August 2015 12:51:22, Dave F.: > Sub tags such as disused=yes have always been the way to describe > additional attributes of an entity. It's even the syntax used by XML: > you collect all 'waterway=canal' items then manipulate that selection > set. If programmers "don't notice" the

Re: [Tagging] Shop vs amenity

2015-08-25 Thread Ruben Maes
Tuesday 25 August 2015 11:30:33, Warin: > As the post office is called an office I suppose it should go as > office=post_office:-) > The more I think of a bank the more I think of it is an office. > Carpenter? If I want a repair done .. then it is a service? = office. If I > want a new chair then

Re: [Tagging] landuse=religious & Monastic schools

2015-08-22 Thread Ruben Maes
Saturday 22 August 2015 21:13:09, John Willis: > > Sent from my iPhone I would like to politely express a feeling of disbelief as to why people leave that automatic signature turned on. Also, I would suggest you enable a setting that makes you confirm that you want to send an email. Sent from

Re: [Tagging] Opening hours specification

2015-08-21 Thread Ruben Maes
Friday 21 August 2015 13:29:37, Simon Poole: > BTW while it is still work in progress (now mainly because the android > UI isn't finished yet) > https://github.com/simonpoole/OpeningHoursParser is a JavaCC based > parser which attempts to implement the full spec, undoubtedly I've > probably misse

[Tagging] Opening hours specification (was: [talk] YoHours: opening_hours viewer and editor)

2015-08-21 Thread Ruben Maes
Friday 21 August 2015 11:48:49, panierav...@riseup.net: > > Hello, > > I recently released a new version of YoHours, a website which allows > everyone to create and view opening hours in the OSM syntax. It now > supports seasons-dependent hours (month, week, day, holiday selectors). > > It's av

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Husainiya

2015-08-18 Thread Ruben Maes
Tuesday 18 August 2015 17:24:31, Ruben Maes: > Tuesday 18 August 2015 07:43:02, AbulAziz M.: > > > > > > Proposal page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/husainiya > Definition: A congregational place for Muslims (esp. Shia Muslims) where I &

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Husainiya

2015-08-18 Thread Ruben Maes
Tuesday 18 August 2015 07:43:02, AbulAziz M.: > > Proposal page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/husainiya Definition: A congregational place for Muslims (esp. Shia Muslims) where I sermon is given and the tragedy of Karbala is commemorated FYI, I've modified the Propos

Re: [Tagging] Blood donation: mobile collections, 'attribute' status

2015-08-14 Thread Ruben Maes
On Friday 14 August 2015 14:55:09 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > Am 14.08.2015 um 13:50 schrieb Ruben Maes : > > > > If the building is not primarily the shop > > can you give an example where a building is the same as a shop (i.e. a > business)? https://www.open

[Tagging] Blood donation: mobile collections, 'attribute' status

2015-08-14 Thread Ruben Maes
On 14 August 2015, Papou wrote on the wiki[1]: > There were discussions related to this in other Tagging@ threads without > follow-up before the vote. > My disregarded remarks were: > * to introduce the tag precisely as: >healthcare=blood_donation is an attribute tag that indicates that the

Re: [Tagging] Shop= values and a sub key for detail?

2015-08-13 Thread Ruben Maes
On Friday 14 August 2015 09:46:00 Warin wrote: > Hi, > > This follows from the shop=model discussion I raised a while ago. > > > Marczoutendijk diary > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/marczoutendijk/diary/35584 > > demonstrates the issue that occurs with shop= ... > > I think one way to 's

Re: [Tagging] Some messages delivery problems [was: Fwd: Re: landcover=trees definition]

2015-08-10 Thread Ruben Maes
general I get them almost instantly and the archive shows them fast > too, but once or two my messages to this list (or maybe Talk?) got lost > completely. Maybe you can try and enable post acknowledgements at https://lists.openstreetmap.org/options/tagging/. -- Ruben Maes The field &

Re: [Tagging] Fwd: Re: landcover=trees definition

2015-08-10 Thread Ruben Maes
I received your original message at 11:35. (UTC+02:00) On Monday 10 August 2015 11:56:27 Daniel Koć wrote: > Anybody other have problems with posts to the list getting lost? I > resend this one and hope this time it will get there: -- Ruben Maes The field "from" of an e

Re: [Tagging] highway=footway - Advanced definition: Distinction footway vs path

2015-08-06 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-08-06 11:24 GMT+02:00 John Willis : > So far in the replies, Ive read a sidewalk isn't a footway (its lanes on a road [no]) and a track in a wilderness park isn't a track (its a path [uhh, no]) > > Not being able to define sidewalks separately nor separate tracks from trails means all of the

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms Tagging

2015-08-02 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-07-23 0:12 GMT+02:00 François Lacombe : > Finally, and regarding mobile telecom networks, there is this chart which > try to illustrate components and relations to be made on a mobile station > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Radio_antennas_mapping_proposal.png Is there a reason for

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Blood donation 2

2015-07-30 Thread Ruben Maes
... give them an extra day or two? If some commence voting. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal_process#Voting > > I'll be closing the 4 ones that I have current. > > > > On 25/07/2015 8:24 PM, Ruben Maes wrote: >> >> Voting on http://wiki.osm.

Re: [Tagging] access=designated wiki

2015-07-28 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-07-28 23:59 GMT+02:00 Hubert : > On 28. Juli 2015 22:32 Ruben Maes [mailto:ruben.mae...@gmail.com] wrote: >>2015-07-25 15:24 GMT+02:00 Andy Townsend : >>> It's also perhaps worth mentioning that the 18th Feb change (which you >>> - and I - preferred the previou

Re: [Tagging] access=designated wiki

2015-07-28 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-07-25 15:24 GMT+02:00 Andy Townsend : > On 25/07/2015 13:43, Hubert wrote: > It's also perhaps worth mentioning that the 18th Feb > change (which you - and I - preferred the previous version to) was made by a > wiki editor who's since been blocked (3). > > (3) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wik

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Blood donation 2

2015-07-25 Thread Ruben Maes
Voting on http://wiki.osm.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Blood_donation_2 is due to close tomorrow. So far we've got 9 votes for and 1 against. If you'd like to cast your vote and haven't already, please do so ASAP. 2015-07-12 20:12 GMT+02:00 Ruben Maes : > Voting is now open on the

[Tagging] landuse=military

2015-07-24 Thread Ruben Maes
Op vrijdag 24 juli 2015 heeft Andre Engels het volgende geschreven: > "xxx=designated" means that a road has been specifically designated > for vehicle type xxx. "access=designated" would mean that it was > _specifically_ designated for _everything_. A contradictio in > terminis. This is also how

[Tagging] Multiple values with semicolons (was: Voting - Blood donation 2)

2015-07-20 Thread Ruben Maes
Is there perhaps a significant performance drawback to having to parse semicolon lists or what am I missing? [1] wiki.osm.org/wiki/Semi-colon_value_separator explains you should use the namespaced approach, but not why 2015-07-12 20:12 GMT+02:00 Ruben Maes : > Votin

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Blood donation 2

2015-07-12 Thread Ruben Maes
Voting is now open on the modified proposal: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Blood_donation_2 ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] healthcare: attribute or stand alone tag? (was Re: Feature Proposal - RFC - Blood donation 2)

2015-06-29 Thread Ruben Maes
Op maandag 29 juni 2015 heeft André Pirard het volgende geschreven: > On 2015-06-29 18:55, Holger Jeromin wrote : >> André Pirard wrote on 29.06.2015 17:08: >>> Ruben Maes Wrote in message: >>>> After the proposal Donation was rejected, I tried to address the >

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Blood donation 2

2015-06-22 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-06-22 23:20 GMT+02:00 Holger Jeromin : > Ruben Maes > Wrote in message: >> After the proposal Donation was rejected, I tried to address the >> issues that were raised in a new proposal using >> healthcare=blood_donation: >> >> https://wiki.open

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Blood donation 2

2015-06-20 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-06-21 1:14 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > On 21/06/2015 3:03 AM, André Pirard wrote: > > On 2015-06-20 14:46, Ruben Maes wrote : > > After the proposal Donation was rejected, I tried to address the > issues that were raised in a new proposal using >

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Blood donation 2

2015-06-20 Thread Ruben Maes
After the proposal Donation was rejected, I tried to address the issues that were raised in a new proposal using healthcare=blood_donation: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Blood_donation_2 You are of course welcome to point out any flaws. You are also welcome to improve the

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Reception Desk.

2015-06-16 Thread Ruben Maes
that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. > > > > > On June 16, 2015 5:48:03 AM Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 16/06/2015 8:02 PM, Ruben Maes wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I'm a bit late here (just recently started really reading the

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Reception Desk.

2015-06-16 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-06-16 12:49 GMT+02:00 Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com>: > On 16/06/2015 8:46 PM, Warin wrote: >> >> On 16/06/2015 8:02 PM, Ruben Maes wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I'm a bit late here (just recently started really reading the tagging >

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Reception Desk.

2015-06-16 Thread Ruben Maes
Hi I'm a bit late here (just recently started really reading the tagging list), but could this also be used for "reception webcams"? In my city's hospital, the reception desk has been replaced with a tv screen and a camera. The receptionist is at the other campus of hospital, in another town, 15 k

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Donation

2015-06-13 Thread Ruben Maes
2015-06-13 1:21 GMT+02:00 Holger Jeromin : > Ruben Maes > Wrote in message: >> Replied inline below. >> >> 2015-06-10 6:52 GMT+02:00 Holger Jeromin : >>> Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> Wrote >>> in message: > >>> We have blood donation

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Donation

2015-06-10 Thread Ruben Maes
ut I would like to hear your opinions. 2015-06-10 23:42 GMT+02:00 Ruben Maes : > Replied inline below. > > 2015-06-10 6:52 GMT+02:00 Holger Jeromin : >> Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> Wrote >> in message: >> >>> Ok .. I'm wrong there.. you can dona

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Donation

2015-06-10 Thread Ruben Maes
Replied inline below. 2015-06-10 6:52 GMT+02:00 Holger Jeromin : > Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> Wrote > in message: > >> Ok .. I'm wrong there.. you can donate just blood plasma. >> >> Not normal practice here for donations. A normal blood donation is >> whole blood. >> >> But ma

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Donation

2015-06-10 Thread Ruben Maes
Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Replied inline below. 2015-06-10 1:58 GMT+02:00 Andreas Goss : > Honestly I don't think it's such a good idea to start voting 1 year later > when there wasn't an ongoing discussion. > > > I'm not sure about amenity=donation when some things are very different. >

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Donation

2015-06-09 Thread Ruben Maes
Hello A year ago I started a proposal for donation facilities, covering everything from blood donation centres to clothes containers. Since then I've limited it to blood and other "body products". I'd like to start the voting process now: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Dona