Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-14 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:49:54 +0200 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > No, that's exactly the same as 'oneway=no' on two-ways roads. When > > the tag is not present, we assume that the road is two ways. That's > > it. If it's wrong, then fix it by adding the oneway tag. > > It is the same for waterway

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-14 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/13 Pieren : > No, that's exactly the same as 'oneway=no' on two-ways roads. When the tag > is not present, we assume that the road is two ways. That's it. If it's > wrong, then fix it by adding the oneway tag. > It is the same for waterways and the direction of the way. If it's wrong, > the

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-13 Thread Tobias Knerr
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange > wrote: >> Yes i understand, but own could you figure "flow=downstream" exist ? >> You must read a "manual" to know that. > > By noting its presence on an already-mapped waterway. And if you don't > know about it, a

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-13 Thread Pieren
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 7:19 AM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > Nathan Edgars II > wrote: > > > > Yes i understand, but own could you figure "flow=downstream" exist ? > > > You must read a "manual" to know that. > > > > By noting its presence on an already-mapped waterway. And if you don't > > kno

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > > Yes i understand, but own could you figure "flow=downstream" exist ? > > You must read a "manual" to know that. > > By noting its presence on an already-mapped waterway. And if you don't > know about it, at least you aren't doing anything wrong by leaving it > off. T

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 4:46 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > One type of map that would benefit from showing the direction of waterway > flow would be one intended for use with canoes, rowboats, or other > muscle-powered small boats. Paddling in the same direction as a river's > current is much

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > Yes i understand, but own could you figure "flow=downstream" exist ? > You must read a "manual" to know that. By noting its presence on an already-mapped waterway. And if you don't know about it, at least you aren't doing anything wro

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread John F. Eldredge
ginal Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways >From :mailto:pdora...@mac.com Date :Sun Sep 12 15:37:45 America/Chicago 2010 Nathan Edgars II wrote: > > I agree that the waterway flow would be more explicit for newbie, but to > > know the new tag they should r

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > > I agree that the waterway flow would be more explicit for newbie, but to > > know the new tag they should read the wiki and the default rule (drawing > > direction is flow direction) is allready there. > > If they do not read the actual wiki, why do they read the new o

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > I agree that the waterway flow would be more explicit for newbie, but to > know the new tag they should read the wiki and the default rule (drawing > direction is flow direction) is allready there. > If they do not read the actual wiki

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > Actually highway=motorway implies oneway=yes: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway And river implies boat=yes... Those are special cases not the standard assumption for highway=* or waterway=* Idon't really understand where we are going in this

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 3:09 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > Tagging oneway=yes on a motorway is an example of tagging a special case. > The general assumption on roads is that they are two-way unless tagged > otherwise. Tagging the motorway as oneway=yes makes sure that routing > calculations

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread John F. Eldredge
-way (usually with a safety barrier down the middle) when the other half of the motorway is closed for road construction. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways >From :mailto:nerou...@gmail.com Date :Sun Sep 12 13:53:47 America/Chicago 2010 On Sun, Sep 12, 2

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Cartinus wrote: > And then you would only tag the special cases. We don't put oneway=no on every > road either. But, in my experience, we do put oneway=yes on every motorway. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetm

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
John F. Eldredge wrote: > I am using my phone at the moment, not my PC, so I can't test this. What > happens if the way, or section of a way, that you have selected has a > portion mapped in one direction, and another portion mapped in the > opposite direction (which could easily happen if diffe

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 2:38 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > I am using my phone at the moment, not my PC, so I can't test this. What > happens if the way, or section of a way, that you have selected has a portion > mapped in one direction, and another portion mapped in the opposite direction >

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread John F. Eldredge
been mapped by different people)? Do you get an error message, or do JOSM and Potlatch go by the majority direction? ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways >From :mailto:pdora...@mac.com Date :Sun Sep 12 12:39:02 America/Chicago 2010 John F. Eldredg

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Cartinus
On Sunday 12 September 2010 19:39:01 Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > Richard Welty wrote: > > On 9/12/10 12:29 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > > > If we really need a tag to indicate river flow, it can't be oneway. > > > And if we define a tag for flow, how would you define the direction, > > >

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Richard Welty wrote: > On 9/12/10 12:29 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > > If we really need a tag to indicate river flow, it can't be oneway. > > And if we define a tag for flow, how would you define the direction, > > what would be the reference ? > > > you'd want it to work with respect to

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
John F. Eldredge wrote: > What properties of a way do you look at to determine whether it was mapped > in the proper direction? Do you have to check whether the node IDs > increase in the desired direction, or is there an easier way? Also, if > it turns out that part or all of a way was mapped

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread John F. Eldredge
is the best way of correcting that direction, short of deleting the problem section and remapping it? ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways >From :mailto:pdora...@mac.com Date :Sun Sep 12 11:29:11 America/Chicago 2010 Sam Vekemans wrote: > For the

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Nathan Edgars II
With the current standard, how do you add a source tag for the direction? source:direction=I dropped dye into the canal and watched it dissipate would conflict with a direction=* tag. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openst

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/12/10 12:29 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: If we really need a tag to indicate river flow, it can't be oneway. And if we define a tag for flow, how would you define the direction, what would be the reference ? you'd want it to work with respect to the direction of the way, as is done wit

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Sam Vekemans wrote: > For the Canada canvec dataset, the map feature is available, and > direction of the way was not taken into account. So the tag > 'oneway=yes' was not used as a preset. oneway=yes has nothing to do with river flow, oneway indicate a legal issue for transport (in river case

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Tobias Knerr
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > I'm wondering what the difference is between the recent discussions > about trees and waterways. Even the opponent(s) of changing the wiki's tree definition didn't try to argue that the wiki definition was better than the alternative. There was disagreement over whether c

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Cartinus
On Sunday 12 September 2010 01:24:51 Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:10 PM, David Groom wrote: > > I think the difference can be summed up as: > > > > With the tagging of trees the definition in the wiki was unclear; "lone > > or significant" can mean different things to diffe

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-12 Thread Pieren
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 1:18 AM, Sam Vekemans wrote: > Hi, > For the Canada canvec dataset, the map feature is available, and > direction of the way was not taken into account. So the tag > 'oneway=yes' was not used as a preset. > > And if the information would have been present then you would ha

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > It may be natural once one knows that you're supposed to represent the > direction. But I've come across many waterways that were mapped > without regard for the direction. Three examples, Yes of course, but it can be fixed easily fixed. I assume also there are lot of

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:22 PM, David Groom wrote: > Alternatively they may not have realised they were > supposed to map the waterway so its direction was the same as the river > flow. Almost certainly this. There's not even anything on the main waterway page; you have to go to one of the subpa

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:10 PM, David Groom wrote: > I think the difference can be summed up as: > > With the tagging of trees the definition in the wiki was unclear; "lone or > significant" can mean different things to different people. > > With the tagging of waterways the comment that "the way

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: "Nathan Edgars II" To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: ..

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi, For the Canada canvec dataset, the map feature is available, and direction of the way was not taken into account. So the tag 'oneway=yes' was not used as a preset. However, for those who are interested in making the waterflow correct (and render an arrow). In Canada we do have geobase Natio

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: "Nathan Edgars II" To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 9:38 PM Subject: [Tagging] trees and waterways I'm wondering what the difference is between the recent discussions about trees and waterways. Here's t

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:45:04 -0400 Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange > wrote: > > ... Perhaps have you a proposition. But for my part, it seems > > "natural" to use the natural flow of the way has the natural flow > > of the river. > > It may be nat

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Pierre-Alain Dorange wrote: > ... Perhaps have you a proposition. But for my part, it seems "natural" > to use the natural flow of the way has the natural flow of the river. It may be natural once one knows that you're supposed to represent the direction. But I've

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Cartinus wrote: > In the second case there is only a problem according to one person. The other > people are not ignoring the problem.They are just smarter. Oh fuck off. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Cartinus
On Saturday 11 September 2010 22:38:34 Nathan Edgars II wrote: > I'm wondering what the difference is between the recent discussions > about trees and waterways. Here's the way things look to me: > *The wiki says something should be tagged a certain way: ("lone or > significant tree" for natural=tr

Re: [Tagging] trees and waterways

2010-09-11 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Nathan Edgars II wrote: please note that english is not my current language. > I'm wondering what the difference is between the recent discussions > about trees and waterways. Here's the way things look to me: > *The wiki says something should be tagged a certain way: ("lone or > significant tre