Re: [Tagging] Wiki article about key "hov"

2013-03-29 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi! I agree with you, that abbreviations are usually not a good idea. But there are two reasons not to change this: 1) http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/hov 2) If we don't "like" hov we should also not "like" hgv. And I don't even start thinking about such glorious inventions like access:n2 -

Re: [Tagging] Wiki article about key "hov"

2013-03-29 Thread Andreas Labres
I don't have an opinion about the issue (trust you that we need it). But does the abbreviation "HOV" make sense? There are good reasons why we avoid abbreviations in tags. Wouldn't some relation to "carpool lane" make more sense (in that it is understood my more people)? They are always lanes, ar

Re: [Tagging] Wiki article about key "hov"

2013-03-28 Thread Martin Vonwald (imagic)
Hi! Am 29.03.2013 um 00:15 schrieb Paul Johnson : > I tend to go with access=no, hov=*, and possibly motorcycle=yes or > psv=designated, since I've yet to find an HOV road that allows you to walk, > ski, ride an animal or a bicycle, etc. on it; it literally only allows the > modes specified.

Re: [Tagging] Wiki article about key "hov"

2013-03-28 Thread Paul Johnson
I tend to go with access=no, hov=*, and possibly motorcycle=yes or psv=designated, since I've yet to find an HOV road that allows you to walk, ski, ride an animal or a bicycle, etc. on it; it literally only allows the modes specified. On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:28 AM, Martin Vonwald wrote: > Hi!

Re: [Tagging] Wiki article about key "hov"

2013-03-28 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/3/28 Martin Vonwald : > Hi! > > I just stumbled upon the article of the key hov [1]. It says "yes > (also 'designated') High occupancy, but no minimum requirement > specified". In my opinion this is misleading. The tag hov=yes should - > like other access restrictions - mean that HOVs are allo

[Tagging] Wiki article about key "hov"

2013-03-28 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi! I just stumbled upon the article of the key hov [1]. It says "yes (also 'designated') High occupancy, but no minimum requirement specified". In my opinion this is misleading. The tag hov=yes should - like other access restrictions - mean that HOVs are allowed there. The tag hov=designated shou