Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Simone Saviolo
2012/1/13 Ben Johnson : > Okay that explains it very well. I have a friend with a farm who explained a > little to me and the obligation makes perfect sense. But would you tag such > ways as "private" or just leave them as default access?  Farms aside, I > struggle to think of examples of permissiv

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread John Sturdy
"Permissive path" is a well-established term in the UK (at least in England and Wales; Scottish law may differ concerning types of access right, but I don't know the details). According to the page "Basics of footpath law" on the UK Ramblers' Assocation website (http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/bri

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 1/13/2012 6:07 AM, Simone Saviolo wrote: On the semantics of access=permissive. I used to be confused too (not that I'm not anymore; it's just that now I accept the definition). "Permissive" sounds like you need a permit to go there, and in that sense I found it perfectly fitting for the Itali

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Michael Krämer
> Permissive means that you have permission by default. Is 'permit' > better-known by non-English speakers than 'permission'? To me this would be something different: I would assume that a permit is some document expressing permission. For something tagged with access=permit I would assume you nee

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 1/13/2012 7:05 AM, Michael Krämer wrote: Permissive means that you have permission by default. Is 'permit' better-known by non-English speakers than 'permission'? To me this would be something different: I would assume that a permit is some document expressing permission. For something tagge

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Simone Saviolo
2012/1/13 Michael Krämer : > In writing this reply I thought about examples for permissive here in > Germany. Thinking about that I guess it's kind of the default here so > we hardly differentiate from "access=yes". Basically it would be any > private way or road where access is not explicitly rest

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread SomeoneElse
Michael Krämer wrote: Permissive means that you have permission by default. Is 'permit' better-known by non-English speakers than 'permission'? To me this would be something different: I would assume that a permit is some document expressing permission. For something tagged with access=permit I

Re: [Tagging] permissive etc. (was Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking))

2012-01-13 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 1/13/2012 7:17 AM, SomeoneElse wrote: When I was adding this: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52984927 which is something that you do need an actual permit to access (on a horse) I left the horse access as "permissive" but added a note against it. I'm not sure that "access=permit" wi

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Michael Krämer
> If you'd read what I was replying to, you'd see that I don't think > access=permit would be a valid change. Well, I in fact I did - being a non-native speaker I tried to answer the question you've asked. So either I missed some point or my answer has been ambigous. In case the latter is true I'

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 1/13/2012 7:34 AM, Michael Krämer wrote: If you'd read what I was replying to, you'd see that I don't think access=permit would be a valid change. Well, I in fact I did - being a non-native speaker I tried to answer the question you've asked. What I asked is whether non-English speakers t

Re: [Tagging] permissive etc. (was Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking))

2012-01-13 Thread Greg Troxel
Nathan Edgars II writes: > On 1/13/2012 7:17 AM, SomeoneElse wrote: >> When I was adding this: >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52984927 >> >> which is something that you do need an actual permit to access (on a >> horse) I left the horse access as "permissive" but added a note agai

Re: [Tagging] permissive etc. (was Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking))

2012-01-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/1/13 Nathan Edgars II : > On 1/13/2012 7:17 AM, SomeoneElse wrote: >> >> When I was adding this: >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52984927 >> >> which is something that you do need an actual permit to access (on a >> horse) I left the horse access as "permissive" but added a note

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Michael Krämer
What I asked is whether non-English speakers think permissive relates to needing a permit because they're more familiar with 'permit' than 'permission'. So in fact I did not get your question right. Sorry for the confusion. Michael ___ Tagging mailin

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread John F. Eldredge
Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On 1/13/2012 7:34 AM, Michael Krämer wrote: > >> If you'd read what I was replying to, you'd see that I don't think > >> access=permit would be a valid change. > > Well, I in fact I did - being a non-native speaker I tried to > answer > > the question you've asked. >

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 1/13/2012 10:57 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote: Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 1/13/2012 7:34 AM, Michael Krämer wrote: If you'd read what I was replying to, you'd see that I don't think access=permit would be a valid change. Well, I in fact I did - being a non-native speaker I tried to answe

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Greg Troxel
Nathan Edgars II writes: > I'm asking about permit vs. permission, not permissive. I'm a native English speaker, but permission can be informal and permit implies a document issued by an authority. pgpJiZWu8zr5b.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Ta

Re: [Tagging] Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking)

2012-01-13 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 06:30:50AM -0500, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On 1/13/2012 6:07 AM, Simone Saviolo wrote: > >On the semantics of access=permissive. I used to be confused too (not > >that I'm not anymore; it's just that now I accept the definition). > >"Permissive" sounds like you need a permi

Re: [Tagging] permissive etc. (was Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking))

2012-01-13 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 07:24:22AM -0500, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On 1/13/2012 7:17 AM, SomeoneElse wrote: > >When I was adding this: > > > >http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/52984927 > > > >which is something that you do need an actual permit to access (on a > >horse) I left the horse acce

Re: [Tagging] permissive etc. (was Amenity swimming_pool (was Amenity parking))

2012-01-13 Thread John Sturdy
Another variation that I've heard of is a farm internal road that the farmer allows cyclists to use provided they sign a disclaimer that they won't sue him for any accidents they have along the road (or something like that, maybe using the road is taken to indicate agreement with the conditions).