Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] UK, Cardiff and Edinburgh, change capital=yes to capital=4

2011-02-04 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/2/4 Nick Whitelegg : >>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level > If they aren't counted as national capitals surely it should be 3 anyway, as > surely England, Wales and Scotland are the *immediate* next level down from > the UK. I don't know, this is best discussed on talk:uk I gue

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Site Relation

2011-02-04 Thread fly
Am 03.02.2011 20:01, schrieb M∡rtin Koppenhoefer: > 2011/2/2 Tobias Knerr : >> It might be useful in some cases, but it shouldn't be overused. If the >> site is adequately described by a polygon, it can and imo should be >> mapped as an area with the appropriate tags. > > > +1 > >> For example,

Re: [Tagging] historic tagging, obelisks

2011-02-04 Thread Johan Jönsson
Steve Doerr writes: > On 03/02/2011 20:22, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > Can you please help me to find the right word for stuff that is added > > later on top? (in German that would be something like "Bekrönung" or > > "Spitze"): e.g. > > Tricky. Looking through the translations of Spitze at l

Re: [Tagging] historic tagging, obelisks

2011-02-04 Thread Johan Jönsson
M∡rtin Koppenhoefer writes: > > the proposal is here: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/obelisk > > Martin I would be fun to try to tag some specimens of obelisks, to see how the differences play out. I haven´t read up on the tags, but I hope you get the idea. ## The paris

Re: [Tagging] historic tagging, obelisks

2011-02-04 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:58 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > obelisk:material > obelisk:weight (this is usually known due to the general interest in > these pieces). IMHO once again this strays outside the useful scope of a map. Wikipedia, especially through dbpedia, is a much better place for st