On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Ronnie Soak
wrote:
> In Germany, this question is easier to answer.
What is clear is that we cannot define a global naming convention for
these things. And please do not export your local practices in other
countries. Perhaps it would be nice to see such convention
I raised a query on help.OSM and was pointed in this direction.
Planters are very common (in the UK at least) in town precincts, streets and
parks.
My feeling is that they should be included in OSM for much the same reason as
barriers or bollards.
Most are made of brick, concrete or similar
Andy Carter writes:
> Planters are very common (in the UK at least) in town precincts, streets and
> parks.
>
> My feeling is that they should be included in OSM for much the same reason
as
> barriers or bollards.
>
> Most are made of brick, concrete or similar and permanent features of th
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Johan Jönsson wrote:
> Andy Carter writes:
> Good idea!
> I had to check up on the word "planter"
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planter
> Seems absolute spot on as a large flower-pot used as decoration or as a
> barrier. Since we do not have a key f
On Tuesday 04 Sep 2012 11:24:13 John Sturdy wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Johan Jönsson wrote:
> > I had to check up on the word "planter"
> > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planter
> > Seems absolute spot on as a large flower-pot used as decoration or as a
> > barrier. S
2012/9/4 Pieren :
> What is clear is that we cannot define a global naming convention for
> these things. And please do not export your local practices in other
> countries.
+1
cheers,
Martin
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Naming things as they are said makes it difficult for machines to give you
a human readable name. In Osmand, if you touch a POI, for example a hotel,
it says Hotel xxx. So if someone named it "Hotel Park", it will say "Hotel
Hotel Park".
Likewise, if we have a different word for hotel, like inn, m
2012/9/4 Janko Mihelić :
> Naming things as they are said makes it difficult for machines to give you a
> human readable name. In Osmand, if you touch a POI, for example a hotel, it
> says Hotel xxx. So if someone named it "Hotel Park", it will say "Hotel
> Hotel Park".
Maybe better fix Osmand in
* David ``Smith'' [2012-09-03 18:51 -0400]:
> In my part of the US, nearly every river is of the form "the X River" and I
> would expect to see it that way on maps, leaving out the "the" which is
> used in forming sentences but not generally considered part of the name.
> In Michigan there's the R
Andy Carter writes:
> On Tuesday 04 Sep 2012 11:24:13 John Sturdy wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Johan Jönsson wrote:
>
> > > Seems absolute spot on as a large flower-pot used as decoration or as a
> > > barrier. Since we do not have a key for this kind of less noticeable
> > > d
On 04/09/2012 15:30, Phil! Gold wrote:
I fully agree that there's no way to set a global standard; it should be
left to the locals, who know the features best.
But how local is local? It's obvious that a single standard for the
whole world is not going to happen, but there has to be some level
"Janko Mihelić" wrote:
> Naming things as they are said makes it difficult for machines to give
> you
> a human readable name. In Osmand, if you touch a POI, for example a
> hotel,
> it says Hotel xxx. So if someone named it "Hotel Park", it will say
> "Hotel
> Hotel Park".
>
> Likewise, if we h
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