[Tagging] Ponds are not observable on the ground

Hi IMO pond should not be mapped because it is not observable on the ground. How do you determine if it is "artificially created"/"man made"? See: A pond : a body of standing water, man-made in most cases, that is usually smaller than a lake. https://wiki.o

Re: [Tagging] Ponds are not observable on the ground

On 19/03/2020 13:15, pangoSE wrote: Hi IMO pond should not be mapped because it is not observable on the ground. How do you determine if it is "artificially created"/"man made"? Most ponds that I add are as a result of survey, so "should not be mapped because it is not observable on the gr

Re: [Tagging] Ponds are not observable on the ground

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 13:17, pangoSE wrote: > IMO pond should not be mapped because it is not observable on the ground. > How do you determine if it is > "artificially created"/"man made"? > You're asking whether it should be man_made=pond or natural=pond? It's neither. See: > > A pond

Re: [Tagging] Ponds are not observable on the ground

This discussion originally started in this changeset, which quite obviously was _not_ driven by a ground survey: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/76766631 Some even larger in Sweden: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/76998968 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/77003019 https:/

Re: [Tagging] Addresses with PO Box, and other delivery type addresses.

Hi Warin. Isn't the addr:* scheme used to describe the physical address of a location/building/amentiy/etc.? PO Boxes, privat bags etc. are addresses where mail for someone residing at said location is delivered to. As addr:* I would always put in what is needed to find the place as a visi

Re: [Tagging] Pumps (wells and many other things)

Am Do., 19. März 2020 um 05:02 Uhr schrieb Michael Patrick < geodes...@gmail.com>: > Since pumps have been a manufactured commodity for about 400 years ( > https://www.worldpumps.com/general-processing/features/a-brief-history-of-pumps/ > ) there is an abundance of existing typologies and taxonom

Re: [Tagging] Addresses with PO Box, and other delivery type addresses.

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 14:43, Tobias Wrede wrote: > Isn't the addr:* scheme used to describe the physical address of a > location/building/amentiy/etc.? > > PO Boxes, privat bags etc. are addresses where mail for someone residing at > said location is delivered to. > > As addr:* I would always p

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Pumps (wells and many other things)

Hi Joseph and thank you for such a quick and complete comment session That 7 points allowed to change the proposal a bit and include man_made=windmill, watermill instead of actuator. Answers are available in Talk : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Pumping_proposal I hope

Re: [Tagging] Pumps (wells and many other things)

Hi Michael, Thank you for such interesting links :) I was looking for established classification but most of time several properties are mixed in attributes which is less usable. My points below. Le jeu. 19 mars 2020 à 05:01, Michael Patrick a écrit : > Since pumps have been a manufactured comm

Re: [Tagging] Addresses with PO Box, and other delivery type addresses.

On 20/03/2020 1:41 am, Tobias Wrede wrote: Mail delivery address I would expect to find under the contact:* scheme if at all. Probably under contact:mail, however most of the current values: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/contact%3Amail#values seem to be contact:email with a small

Re: [Tagging] Pumps (wells and many other things)

> you've a typo here, and it is worth pointing it out, that's meant to be 4000 years according to the link... interesting links. > Since pumps have been a manufactured commodity for about 400 years ( > https://www.worldpumps.com/general-processing/features/a-brief-history-of-pumps/ > there is an

Re: [Tagging] Addresses with PO Box, and other delivery type addresses.

On 20/3/20 9:27 am, Andrew Davidson wrote: On 20/03/2020 1:41 am, Tobias Wrede wrote: Mail delivery address I would expect to find under the contact:* scheme if at all. Probably under contact:mail, however most of the current values: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/contact%3Amail#v