Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Orphanage

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:38 PM, John Smith wrote: > > On 2 June 2010 14:37, Roy Wallace wrote: > > Is this a characteristic of the feature (that should be tagged), or of > > the residents (that shouldn't be tagged)? > > I'd say both... In that case, I'd tag specifically what you mean. For the ex

[Tagging] John's import of towers/transponders

Re: John's recent important of man_made=tower nodes and type=transponder relations from ACMA: >> shouldn't the node's role be "tower", not "transponder"? >> i.e. the *relation* represents the transponder (hence >> type=transponder), but the *node* represents the *tower*, so should >> have role=tow

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010/6/2 John Smith : > On 2 June 2010 19:58, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> I don't mind how we differentiate them (1st level or subtags), but > > Sure, there is currently a lack of sub-tags for towers, +1, I will make a proposal for this as soon as there is some time. > a tower is basically s

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

On 3 June 2010 21:42, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > while this is generally true, there are also exceptions (e.g. [1], > maybe [2]), and not all structure beeing taller than wide are towers > (especially when they're small they might not be called a tower). So > this definition serves in case you a

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Garden specification

Hi, since there were no major objections to the proposal [1], I would like to move on with voting. [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Garden_specification Best regards, Petr Morávek aka Xificurk signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [Tagging] Sedimentation tank

2010/6/2 y...@o2.pl : > Hi, > I'm wondering how to tag sedimentation tank at a sewage treatment. I'm > thinking about 'landuse=reservoir' + 'man_made=sedimentation_tank'. +1, good suggestion I don't think it is useful (like suggested from other posters) to tag sedimentation tanks as water storag

Re: [Tagging] Sedimentation tank

2010/6/3 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer : > 2010/6/2 y...@o2.pl : >> Hi, >> I'm wondering how to tag sedimentation tank at a sewage treatment. I'm >> thinking about 'landuse=reservoir' + 'man_made=sedimentation_tank'. > > > +1, good suggestion > > I don't think it is useful (like suggested from other posters)

Re: [Tagging] Sedimentation tank

On 3 June 2010 22:59, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > probably I wouldn't tag it as landuse=reservoir. Tag the tanks just as > sedimentation_tank but use the landuse for the whole area (maybe > industrial or something more specific for the whole waste water > treatment plant area). I wouldn't tag th

Re: [Tagging] Sedimentation tank

2010/6/3 John Smith : > On 3 June 2010 22:59, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> probably I wouldn't tag it as landuse=reservoir. Tag the tanks just as >> sedimentation_tank but use the landuse for the whole area (maybe >> industrial or something more specific for the whole waste water >> treatment pla

[Tagging] difference between park and garden

I have a question according to the garden proposal . What is the difference between a public garden and a park? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park Ciao André ___

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 3:21 PM, André Riedel wrote: > > What is the difference between a public garden and a park? > > Like you, I don't know but I don't care : if the municipality call it a 'public garden', I'll tag it as 'public garden'. If the municipality call it a 'park', I'll tag it as 'par

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

On 3 June 2010 23:21, André Riedel wrote: > What is the difference between a public garden and a park? public parks are usually big open spaces, public gardens are often themed and or run by botanical societies etc... ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@o

Re: [Tagging] ID Permanence

2010/6/3 John Smith : > I've penned some initial thoughts on what to do about Object ID Permanence > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/UUID in tagging you give this example: * building=warehouse * name=The Texas School Book Depository * uuid:building=21d906f1-7a93

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010/6/3 John Smith : > #2 is a tower for historical reasons only imho, yes, it might have been higher in the past presuming that the ground level now is higher, and the same as for #1 applies; #1 is just some > shed/building, I wouldn't consider it a tower it isn't substantially > higher than

Re: [Tagging] ID Permanence

On 4 June 2010 01:22, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > but isn't building and warehouse here the same object? IMHO it should > be uuid:building for the warehouse and uuid:name (or better > "uuid:operator") for "The Texas School Book Depository" Thanks for the suggestion, I'll update the wiki page, I

Re: [Tagging] ID Permanence

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:47:14 +1000, John Smith wrote: > I've penned some initial thoughts on what to do about Object ID Permanence > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/UUID Hi John, Being a programmer I understand what a UUID is and have used them many times. I am, however, cur

Re: [Tagging] ID Permanence

On 4 June 2010 01:30, Tyler Gunn wrote: > I am, however, curious what use you are envisioning for this UUID data? > Are you thinking of external sites that would want to reference OSM data > directly? External sites such as Flickr already use OSM IDs, which could be bad when the internal referenc

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

On 4 June 2010 01:27, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > #1 is just some >> shed/building, I wouldn't consider it a tower it isn't substantially >> higher than it is wide/deep... > > > That's what it looks like now, but when the wall was still up, this > was the commanding tower for the biggest checkpo

[Tagging] Final voting call on seafood shop

Anyone cares to cast her or his vote on the seafood shop proposal? Voting period is almost over and maybe someone interested missed it yet: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/seafood_shop Claudius ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@open

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010/6/3 John Smith : > This thread has gone from communication towers to other towers, in any > case for #1 I'd be hard press to call this a tower, even if it had > elevation due to geographical features, I'd go for command centre or > something similar before I'd ever consider it a tower because

Re: [Tagging] Final voting call on seafood shop

On 3 June 2010 21:54, Claudius Henrichs wrote: > Anyone cares to cast her or his vote on the seafood shop proposal? Voting > period is almost over and maybe someone interested missed it yet: Wow didn't notice it . Voted Yes as I dont understand 'fishmonger' Regards, Pavithran -- pavithran sakam

[Tagging] Motorcycle repair

There are many shops which repair automobiles ie motorbikes or motorcycles . Motor cycles have been underrated. There is a need for a tag which deals with motorcycle repair in the developing world where they are in huge numbers . I created a page in wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop

Re: [Tagging] Motorcycle repair

2010/6/3 pavithran : > There are many shops which repair automobiles ie motorbikes or motorcycles . > Motor cycles have been underrated. There is a need for a tag which > deals with motorcycle repair in the developing world where they are in > huge numbers . Well maybe something like shop=vehicle_

Re: [Tagging] Beauty parlour

On 2 June 2010 15:06, John Smith wrote: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dbeauty > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dboutique A wikimedia commons search for beauty parlour(To add in wiki page) gave me http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ex-servicewomen_learning_manic

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > if you see it in its historical context, it does look much more like a > tower though: > http://www.checkpoint-bravo.de/grafik/ausstellung.jpg It isn't a tower, but it functioned as a watchtower So is a "tower" in OSM going to be the form, or the f

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Base transceiver station

2010/6/3 Liz : > On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> if you see it in its historical context, it does look much more like a >> tower though: >> http://www.checkpoint-bravo.de/grafik/ausstellung.jpg > > > It isn't a tower, but it functioned as a watchtower > So is a "tower" in OSM goin

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:34 PM, John Smith wrote: > > public parks are usually big open spaces, public gardens are often > themed and or run by botanical societies etc... Using that definition, what would you call the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, then? http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE::

Re: [Tagging] Beauty parlour

On 4 June 2010 03:47, pavithran wrote: > A wikimedia commons search for beauty parlour(To add in wiki page) gave me Beauty Parlour is an older term for the same thing, although for the most part the 'Parlour' part tends to gets dropped in favour of shop these days. __

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

On 4 June 2010 08:39, Roy Wallace wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:34 PM, John Smith wrote: >> >> public parks are usually big open spaces, public gardens are often >> themed and or run by botanical societies etc... > > Using that definition, what would you call the Brisbane City Botanic > Gard

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:13 AM, John Smith wrote: > On 4 June 2010 08:39, Roy Wallace wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:34 PM, John Smith >> wrote: >>> >>> public parks are usually big open spaces, public gardens are often >>> themed and or run by botanical societies etc... >> >> Using that

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

On 4 June 2010 11:14, Roy Wallace wrote: > Ok, clear enough: if it is themed or has themed sections, it's a > public garden, otherwise it's a public park. Plus the name is a bit of a give away :) ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http:

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

Of course, a public park may also contain ornamental plantings, themed or otherwise: the area with the plantings may have its own name, or may not. There is a formal garden in one section of Centennial Park, in Nashville, TN, USA, known as the Sunken Garden (it is in a former lakebed). -- Jo

Re: [Tagging] difference between park and garden

It's a borderline case. There is always going to be some that are a bit of both. This one in particular isn't the main Botanical gardens for Brisbane any more, that's out near Mt Coot-tha. That one is more what I think of as Botanical Gardens, this one is more what I think of as a park. I'd be h

Re: [Tagging] ID Permanence

I've written a small proof of concept script in PHP, you feed the script the type of object and the object ID and it will return the current UUIDs or generate new ones and upload those. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/UUID ___