Re: [Tagging] Mapping a negative

2011-11-14 Thread Kytömaa Lauri
>Are there any other OSM conventions that indicate a lack of a facility? Maybe: >toilets=no Not going into the wiki-approved new schemes, currently many highway=bus_stop nodes have one or more of: shelter=no (54800) bench=no timetable=no waste_basket=no departures_board=no Each of these

Re: [Tagging] Mapping a negative

2011-11-14 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On 11/08/2011 09:19 PM, John Smith wrote: On 9 November 2011 16:12, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: I've run into a curious use of a tag, to map the lack of a thing. At least that's what I think mappers are doing. One might normally expect a well, mountain hut, highway rest area, or toilet to offer drink

Re: [Tagging] Mapping a negative

2011-11-08 Thread John Smith
On 9 November 2011 16:12, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > I've run into a curious use of a tag, to map the lack of a thing. > At least that's what I think mappers are doing. > > One might normally expect a well, mountain hut, highway rest area, or toilet > to offer drinking water. Some mappers have placed:

[Tagging] Mapping a negative

2011-11-08 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
I've run into a curious use of a tag, to map the /lack/ of a thing. At least that's what I think mappers are doing. One might normally expect a well, mountain hut, highway rest area, or toilet to offer drinking water. Some mappers have placed: drinking_water=no To indicate the normal expect