Re: [Tagging] me Di get y st, Vol 13 , Issue 49

2020-08-07 Thread Alan Grant
Long time No. P. 0.?pxo.llkjkt On Fri 7 Aug 2020, 21:55 , wrote: > Send Tagging mailing list submissions to > tagging@openstreetmap.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > or, via email, send a me

Re: [Tagging] Still RFC — Drop stop positions and platforms

2018-04-08 Thread Alan Grant
Same in Ireland, I don't think I ever hear any part of a bus referred to as a platform, possibly because we didn't have those Routemaster buses with open boarding areas. And yes, a bus stop is a bus stop, plain and simple. It is not a platform because there is normally no raised structure. Rail an

Re: [Tagging] roundtrip

2018-05-28 Thread Alan Grant
> > > > I agree that it sounds round, but looking at google results I find that > this use of circular route is extremely common. > > That doesn't surprise me in the context of hiking/cycling trails (I am not commenting on public transport). A specific example I am familiar with: the national organ

Re: [Tagging] RFC proposed water property key 'ephemeral '

2018-05-28 Thread Alan Grant
> > > From: Mateusz Konieczny > > > I consider it as an useful information to distinguish permanent > waterways and waterbodies > > > from nonpernament. > I agree. As a point of reference, the standard 1:25000 topographic maps of Spain produced by IGN, the national geographic institute, distingui

Re: [Tagging] roundtrip

2018-05-28 Thread Alan Grant
> > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 14:46:09 +0200 > From: Peter Elderson > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] roundtrip > Message-ID: > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Nice to know. > Do they have "trailhe

Re: [Tagging] public_transport=platform rendering on osm-carto

2018-06-20 Thread Alan Grant
On 20 June 2018 at 19:53, wrote: > > So, valid minimal tagging under PTv2 is very simple: > > > > You have one node (if there is no clear platform) or a way (along the > platform edge) or area (the whole platform), which is tagged as > public_transport=platform (plus whatever mode of transport is

Re: [Tagging] public_transport=platform rendering on osm-carto

2018-06-20 Thread Alan Grant
On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, 21:03 marc marc, wrote: > > > For my part, I have an intermediate/pragmatic position. > I find that bus=yes on a platform is incoherent. > but if it is there, I keep it to avoid any ping-pong for this. > Yes, I have been doing something similar. Probably influenced by the JO

Re: [Tagging] public_transport=platform rendering on osm-carto

2018-06-22 Thread Alan Grant
On 22 June 2018 at 11:01, Paul Allen wrote: > If I'm right, the only downsides are that I have to map two distinct > objects (platform and > stop position) and I have to repeat information (the name of the stop, at > least) for both. > > I have found that the downside is not so much in the initi

Re: [Tagging] Canoe route

2018-06-30 Thread Alan Grant
I think there is an analogy with an aspect of hiking trails that I have never been sure how to map. Sometimes a waymarked hiking route crosses a beach, or follows an ephemeral river bed. There may be no physical footway, path, or track across these areas that can be mapped. Following the ideas abov

Re: [Tagging] Golf wiki page

2018-07-16 Thread Alan Grant
But why do these discussions/controversies/ambiguities matter for golf courses? Are we talking about how to tag areas of tree cover that may exist between the fairways and greens? On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 at 22:21, Paul Allen wrote: > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 9:00 PM, Kevin Kenny > wrote: > >> On Mon

Re: [Tagging] Missing access value (access=license / authorization?)

2018-07-27 Thread Alan Grant
On Sat, 28 Jul 2018, 00:28 Warin, <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For me a 'licence' implies a certain level of skill or knowledge is > required - > e.g. licences for driving a vehicle, having a gun all should have tests of > skill and/or knowledge. > It is a formal process. > > A permit, on th