Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-17 Thread Tijmen Stam
On 16-05-17 00:22, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 15 May 2017 at 22:04, Mark Bradley wrote: I have mapped several cabooses (UK brake vans), a type of non-revenue car, and technically these don't fall under the categories of rolling stock, freight cars, or passenger cars/coaches. As an en-GB native,

[Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-17 Thread Mark Bradley
> Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 17:04:28 -0400 > From: "Mark Bradley" > To: > Subject: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars > > > From: Tijmen Stam > > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > > > Subject: Re: [Taggin

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 15 May 2017 at 22:04, Mark Bradley wrote: > I have mapped several cabooses (UK brake vans), a type of non-revenue > car, and technically these don't fall under the categories of rolling stock, > freight cars, or passenger cars/coaches. As an en-GB native, and having spent ten years working at

[Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-15 Thread Mark Bradley
> Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 15:56:13 +0200 > From: Tijmen Stam > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars > Message-ID: <17c6e991-7a78-ab78-7701-acef9290d...@iivq.net> > Content-Type: tex

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-13 Thread Tijmen Stam
On 10-05-17 13:15, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 10 May 2017 at 10:24, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: I believe in British English it should be "waggon". "Waggon was preferred in British English until a century ago and it still appears occasionally, but it is fast becoming archaic. In this century, the

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 10 May 2017 at 10:24, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > I believe in British English it should be "waggon". "Waggon was preferred in British English until a century ago and it still appears occasionally, but it is fast becoming archaic. In this century, the shorter one is preferred in all main var

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 9 May 2017 at 21:38, Mark Bradley wrote: > Not sure if "caboose" is only an American term or not It's not a term used in British English, except to describe American vehicles. BTW, historic=wagon should be avoided, as it does not distinguish between railway wagons and other types. Maybe his

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-10 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2017-05-10 11:15 GMT+02:00 Lorenzo "Beba" Beltrami : > I've used historic=wagon for the cargo and historic=carriage for the > passenger ones.[3] > I believe in British English it should be "waggon". Carriage alone is an ambiguous term and can mean a lot of different stuff including horse drawn c

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-10 Thread Lorenzo "Beba" Beltrami
Here in my zone railway carriages are not rarely used to "decorate" restaurants or clubs.[1][2] 2017-05-07 15:26 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer : > could be historic=freight_car or railway_carriage or waggon etc. > I've used historic=wagon for the cargo and historic=carriage for the passenger ones

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-09 Thread Mark Bradley
> Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 15:26:17 +0200 > From: Martin Koppenhoefer > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars > > > On 7. May 2017, at 15:17, Tijmen Stam wrote: > > > > Ho

Re: [Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 7. May 2017, at 15:17, Tijmen Stam wrote: > > How does one tag a railcar/railway wagon that is standing somewhere as a > monument, which is NOT a locomotive? could be historic=freight_car or railway_carriage or waggon etc. If it is with a roof you could consider buil

[Tagging] How to tag monumental railcars

2017-05-07 Thread Tijmen Stam
How does one tag a railcar/railway wagon that is standing somewhere as a monument, which is NOT a locomotive? See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:historic%3Dlocomotive> and