[Tagging] waste_disposal, recycling etc.

2012-11-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Hi, from discussions on talk-it and talk-de there raised some issues with recycling and waste. Initial reason was the tagging of collection points for old pharmacies. Until recently amenity=waste_disposal was defined as a place "where canal boaters, caravaners etc. can dispose of rubbish (trash/w

Re: [Tagging] waste_disposal, recycling etc.

2012-11-07 Thread Philip Barnes
I would prefer to see non-recyclable, or landfill rather than trash. Trash is American, not English and I, and I'm sure many others cannot hear or read it without visions of the ending of the Waltons. Goodnight Mary Ellen Goodnight Jim Bob John Boy take out the trash. Phil Sent from my Nokia N9

Re: [Tagging] waste_disposal, recycling etc.

2012-11-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/11/7 Philip Barnes : > I would prefer to see non-recyclable, or landfill rather than trash. > Trash is American, not English and I, and I'm sure many others cannot hear > or read it without visions of the ending of the Waltons. maybe "waste" instead of "trash" (the trash suggestion is from t

[Tagging] Tagging GB railway stations and track

2012-11-07 Thread Peter Hicks
All, I'm part of a group of people who are working to get a richer set of metadata attached to the railway network in Great Britain, specifically: - Tagging railway stations with the three-letter CRS (computer reservation system) codes, which is widely used by train companies and the public to

Re: [Tagging] Tagging GB railway stations and track

2012-11-07 Thread Colin Smale
Wouldn't the route code be better in a relation? I'm sure there will be some bits of the network which are part of multiple routes. Why include the word "code" in the tag name for CRS (and nr_route_code) and not for TIPLOC and STANOX? Colin > All, > > I'm part of a group of people who are workin

Re: [Tagging] Tagging GB railway stations and track

2012-11-07 Thread Chris Hill
On 07/11/12 13:03, Peter Hicks wrote: All, I'm part of a group of people who are working to get a richer set of metadata attached to the railway network in Great Britain, specifically: - Tagging railway stations with the three-letter CRS (computer reservation system) codes, which is widely

Re: [Tagging] Tagging GB railway stations and track

2012-11-07 Thread Richard Mann
Source? Most of these things are "owned" by Network Rail, and it's not clear whether they are publically available without strings. I'd love this to be available (speaking as someone who made maps of delay in a former life...). Richard On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Peter Hicks wrote: > All,

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Awards and ratings

2012-11-07 Thread Johan Jönsson
I propose a scheme how to tag existing map features with the awards or ratings it have achieved. This does not mean that you have to or even should tag awards and ratings, but if you want to, use this scheme. Comments on the scheme? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Awards_an

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Awards and ratings

2012-11-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2012/11/7 Johan Jönsson : > Comments on the scheme? > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Awards_and_ratings +1, besides the blue flag award for which it was originally created it solves some issues with previous tagging suggestions (namely "stars" for hotels and restaurants can