Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/11/30 Martin Fossdal Guttesen > how do i tag/draw a connection between 2 islands, it is not a bridge as i > understand a bridge > > take a look at the pictures on this page if you dont know what i mean > http://landsverk.fo/default.asp?sida=718&bolkaid=6&projectid=299 > > yes, it's not a b

Re: [Tagging] How to tag Plaza / Courtyard

2009-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/11/30 Mike N. > I keep running into small uncovered areas by one or more building walls > that > may have flowers / grass / or small bushes , but can be all brick / stone. > We refer to them as plaza or courtyard here, and many of them are named. > I > can't find a tag that fits well - the c

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/11/30 Martin Fossdal Guttesen > if you look at the description of embankment on the map features page > > "An embankment is an artificial bank raised above the > immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, > lake or sea" > > then i don't think it is an embankme

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] How to tag properties

2009-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/11/30 Ed Avis > > A house would be building=yes or perhaps building=house. But for a block > or a > larger area, yes, tagging the landuse is fine. > I'd suggest to tag detached house differently from terraced houses and other typologies, e.g. building=detached (currently 1425 uses accordin

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-11-30 Thread Cartinus
On Monday 30 November 2009 15:39:30 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2009/11/30 Martin Fossdal Guttesen > > >   if you look at the description of embankment on the map features page > > > > "An embankment is an artificial bank raised above the > > immediately-surrounding land to redirect or prevent fl

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-11-30 Thread Simone Saviolo
I'm not sure I understood the WIki correctly - either that, or Osmarender doesn't do what the wiki says. In this place [1], the railway runs on a raised finger of land, as described in the wiki. So I put two parallel ways on both sides of the railway and tagged them as embankments; but the resultin

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/11/30 Cartinus > On Monday 30 November 2009 22:09:10 Martin Fossdal Guttesen wrote: > > I would agree that it is more like a Causeway jugding from the wikipedia > > article and images, but i cant find any tag for that, and i dont think it > > would render on the map > > so what? I'm sure it

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Path vs footway vs cycleway vs...

2009-11-30 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/12/1 Steve Bennett > > I've referred to "Jurisdictions" a few times for this reason. I imagine US > states are possibly even more individual. Would we go as far as > councils/municipalities? Probably not. (Although, as I mentioned somewhere > earlier, the City of Melbourne prohibits bike rid

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-11-30 Thread Cartinus
On Monday 30 November 2009 23:36:27 Simone Saviolo wrote: > I'm not sure I understood the WIki correctly - either that, or Osmarender > doesn't do what the wiki says. In this place [1], the railway runs on a > raised finger of land, as described in the wiki. So I put two parallel ways > on both sid

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] connection between 2 islands

2009-11-30 Thread Andre Engels
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Cartinus wrote: > On Monday 30 November 2009 23:36:27 Simone Saviolo wrote: >> I'm not sure I understood the WIki correctly - either that, or Osmarender >> doesn't do what the wiki says. In this place [1], the railway runs on a >> raised finger of land, as described