[Tagging] Mapping the OSM Features - inconsistencies

2011-04-27 Thread Sam Vekemans
Hi tagging list and wiki-trolls, A quick note to let you know that my spreadsheet is finding some inconsistencies. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am70fsptsPF2dHJxMG05Zmg2YS1LeFg2czRZOWZEU3c&hl=en I've downloaded the latest version of JOSM, and directly comparing the presets with what

[Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
Hi all, What do guys think of using branch=* to specify the particular branch or outlet of a chain of stores/amenities? Here in the Philippines, the branch name is quite important to note for banks because bank accounts are tied to a specific branch and you need to interact with that branch for a

Re: [Tagging] Proposed feature - Sidewalks as separate ways - Voting

2011-04-27 Thread David Paleino
Hello everybody, On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:10:34 +0200, David Paleino wrote: > [..] > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Sidewalk_as_separate_way > > As per the wiki guidelines, the voting period is 14 days. Starting today, > ending Apr, 26. The voting period has ended, an

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-27 Thread Laurence Penney
Historical event geotagging could rapidly get out of hand. This feels to me very much orthogonal to OSM - almost every news story, photo, work of art, etc arguably deserves a geotag, but hardly any of them deserve to be in OSM. A separate database is where things like this should reside, where a

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 4/27/2011 1:27 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: Hi all, What do guys think of using branch=* to specify the particular branch or outlet of a chain of stores/amenities? I think the standard is brand=*. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-27 Thread Richard Welty
On 4/27/11 2:33 PM, Laurence Penney wrote: Historical event geotagging could rapidly get out of hand. This feels to me very much orthogonal to OSM - almost every news story, photo, work of art, etc arguably deserves a geotag, but hardly any of them deserve to be in OSM. A separate database is

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/4/27 Nathan Edgars II : > On 4/27/2011 1:27 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> What do guys think of using branch=* to specify the particular branch >> or outlet of a chain of stores/amenities? > > I think the standard is brand=*. yes, this is also used for gas stations. che

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread Alex Mauer
On 04/27/2011 06:17 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> I think the standard is brand=*. > > yes, this is also used for gas stations. That’s a different thing, I think. branch=* is presumably an identifier for a specific instance of a chain, where a ref is not appropriate. I think this is a very

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand "The brand=* is a larger entity that a place advertises itself as part of" Which means that you put "Burger King" or "Barclay's" or "McDonald's" into the brand tag. We put into the branch tag the branch name. Look at this webpage list

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 07:34 +0800, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: > According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand > > "The brand=* is a larger entity that a place advertises itself as part of" > > Which means that you put "Burger King" or "Barclay's" or "McDonald's" > into the brand t

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:26 AM, David Murn wrote: > On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 07:34 +0800, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: >> According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand >> >>     "The brand=* is a larger entity that a place advertises itself as part >> of" >> >> Which means that you put "B

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-27 Thread David Murn
On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 19:33 +0100, Laurence Penney wrote: > Historical event geotagging could rapidly get out of hand. This feels > to me very much orthogonal to OSM - almost every news story, photo, > work of art, etc arguably deserves a geotag, but hardly any of them > deserve to be in OSM. I ag

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-27 Thread John Smith
On 28 April 2011 10:35, David Murn wrote: > I agree in part, but this isnt just any news story or photo. +1 > That doesnt detract from the original question, of what to map a site of > historic significance. Im sure the location of the great train robbery > or an the location of the site of an

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-27 Thread Richard Welty
On 4/27/11 8:47 PM, John Smith wrote: If people can tag trees, surely things of historical significants deserve to be allowed in OSM as well. identifiable, physical objects that exist today, sure. the phase maps i want to do for the battle of antietam (September 1862), not so much. richard

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-27 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 4/27/2011 7:32 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: On 04/27/2011 06:17 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: I think the standard is brand=*. yes, this is also used for gas stations. That’s a different thing, I think. branch=* is presumably an identifier for a specific instance of a chain, where a ref is not

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-27 Thread John Smith
On 28 April 2011 11:40, Richard Welty wrote: > On 4/27/11 8:47 PM, John Smith wrote: >> >> If people can tag trees, surely things of historical significants >> deserve to be allowed in OSM as well. > > identifiable, physical objects that exist today, sure. That's the catch, there is no marker sig