Re: [Tagging] Tag approval process or its absence (was: Voting for Relation type=waterway)

2012-02-21 Thread LM_1
Hi 2012/2/21 Frederik Ramm : > Hi, > > > On 02/20/2012 10:59 PM, LM_1 wrote: >> >> The possibility of free tags is great, but once some tagging style >> proves as usable (and better than any other), > > > ... which will never be the case ... I know, it is a kind of ideal state, the closer we are t

Re: [Tagging] Tag approval process or its absence (was: Voting for Relation type=waterway)

2012-02-21 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 02/21/12 10:18, LM_1 wrote: The possibility of free tags is great, but once some tagging style proves as usable (and better than any other), ... which will never be the case ... I know, it is a kind of ideal state, the closer we are to it, the better. I don't think so. I don't thi

Re: [Tagging] Tag approval process or its absence (was: Voting for Relation type=waterway)

2012-02-21 Thread sabas88
2012/2/21 Frederik Ramm > > I don't think that a tagging style that works best in Europe will > automatically also be the one that works best in South America. Any attempt > to force everyone to use the same style will automatically make the map > *less* good in some places. I think that it is on

Re: [Tagging] Voting for Relation type=waterway

2012-02-21 Thread Pieren
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Steve Bennett wrote: > - Approval does not imply enforcement. I don't know why you'd think > that. Just because we have rules doesn't mean anyone particularly > "enforces" them. You can always claim that every one is free to use his own rules. But once a tag is

Re: [Tagging] Tag approval process or its absence (was: Voting for Relation type=waterway)

2012-02-21 Thread Chris Hill
On 21/02/12 09:45, Frederik Ramm wrote: I don't think that a tagging style that works best in Europe will automatically also be the one that works best in South America. Any attempt to force everyone to use the same style will automatically make the map *less* good in some places. I think that

Re: [Tagging] Tag approval process or its absence (was: Voting for Relation type=waterway)

2012-02-21 Thread Chris Hill
On 21/02/12 09:50, sabas88 wrote: 2012/2/21 Frederik Ramm mailto:frede...@remote.org>> I don't think that a tagging style that works best in Europe will automatically also be the one that works best in South America. Any attempt to force everyone to use the same style will autom

Re: [Tagging] Custom mailboxes

2012-02-21 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 2/20/2012 1:05 PM, Peter Wendorff wrote: Hi. If it's an artwork, I would tag it as an artwork. If it's a landmark (yes, that IS possible - if I think e.g. about some areas in Sweden), I would probably tag as something like that For that matter, how would I tag a mailbox in general? Not neces

Re: [Tagging] Custom mailboxes

2012-02-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 21. Februar 2012 16:48 schrieb Nathan Edgars II : > On 2/20/2012 1:05 PM, Peter Wendorff wrote: >> If it's an artwork, I would tag it as an artwork. +1 (IMHO no need to add tourism=artwort though) > For that matter, how would I tag a mailbox in general? Not necessarily a > personal single-pr

Re: [Tagging] Voting for Relation type=waterway

2012-02-21 Thread Phil! Gold
* John F. Eldredge [2012-02-19 14:13 -0600]: > I take it, then, that there are some watercourses tagged as streams, but > named XXX River, and there are some watercourses tagged as rivers, but > named XXX Stream or XXX Creek? It's what I've done, based on my understanding of the tag documentation

Re: [Tagging] Voting for Relation type=waterway

2012-02-21 Thread Werner Hoch
Hi Chris, Am Sonntag, den 19.02.2012, 15:53 + schrieb Chris Hill: > I do not agree with the whole basis of this thread. > > There are no such things as approved tags, tagging is open and people > are free to use *any* tags they like. > > There are no such things as deprecated tags, tagging

Re: [Tagging] Voting for Relation type=waterway

2012-02-21 Thread Werner Hoch
Am Montag, den 20.02.2012, 20:11 + schrieb Chris Hill: > On 19/02/12 23:38, Steve Bennett wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Chris Hill wrote: > >> I do not agree with the whole basis of this thread. > >> > >> There are no such things as approved tags, tagging is open and people are >