[Tagging] Hiking "guideposts" painted on rocks, trees etc.

2020-07-21 Thread Michal Fabík
rs and the "guideposts" have a uniform appearance. I'm not talking about scrawlings by random passers-by. Cheers, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Hiking "guideposts" painted on rocks, trees etc.

2020-07-21 Thread Michal Fabík
find on a regular guidepost (i.e. names of destinations, distances to them and directions marked with arrows), the only difference being the "technical implementation", so to say, i.e. metal plates screwed to a pole vs. painting on a rock surface, among others. [1] https://wiki.op

Re: [Tagging] Bus Routes PTv2

2019-09-26 Thread Michal Fabík
it's working fine when I display the route in OsmAnd or use it in navigation. Not sure about other consumers. I might do some more thorough testing now that you mention it. -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap

[Tagging] How to map a homeless encampment/colony?

2019-09-29 Thread Michal Fabík
's is subjective, difficult to assess reliably and not necessarily the case (as opposed to e.g. a minefield, which is always dangerous). Any ideas? Cheers, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] How to map a homeless encampment/colony?

2019-09-30 Thread Michal Fabík
hould be a possibility to map this with both a node and a polygon. -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Add man_made=goods_conveyor to Map Features or vote on the proposal first?

2020-03-12 Thread Michal Fabík
calls for an unidirectional map symbol," but that's not universal. Definitely makes sense. One example would be coal stacker/reclaimer machines whose main conveyor is reversible to facilitate both modes of operation. Regards, -- Michal Fabík

Re: [Tagging] Can OSM become a geospacial database?

2018-12-05 Thread Michal Fabík
d suggests a different way of tagging American delis: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Ddeli -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Attendant on amenity=fuel

2018-03-29 Thread Michal Fabík
Javier. Hi, I can't really tell what the tenant tag is intended for either. In any case, there's the tag self_service: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:self_service. (And yes, attendant is the right word.) -- Michal Fabík __

Re: [Tagging] highway=motorway_junction : what about primary, secondary or tertiary ways?

2018-07-12 Thread Michal Fabík
ade separated intersection on a primary road: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/44.43197/18.03618. I know for a fact that it's a primary road IRL, I think it even has a name (and ref, of course), only they're not mapped. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___

[Tagging] Stećci - Bosnian medieval tombstones

2017-03-28 Thread Michal Fabík
Hi, some time ago, I was wondering what would be the proper way to tag a stećak (plural form stećci), a large monolithic tombstone, often with carved inscriptions and/or ornaments, found in Bosnia and neighbouring countries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ste%C4%87ak). They are usually the sha

Re: [Tagging] Stećci - Bosnian medieval tombstones

2017-03-29 Thread Michal Fabík
On 29.3.2017 01:11, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone On 28 Mar 2017, at 23:28, Michal Fabík wrote: historic=tombstone + tombstone=stećak + probably the most accurate - not well established (just one occurrence of historic=tombstone according to taginfo.osm.org) - not sure

Re: [Tagging] railway=level_crossing with in-street trams?

2017-04-04 Thread Michal Fabík
impression that it was common practice. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Restaurant that doesn't sell alcohol...

2017-04-10 Thread Michal Fabík
find it in the Wiki. Then the situation you describe would be something like "alcohol=no" + "byob=yes". -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - historic=tombstone

2017-04-10 Thread Michal Fabík
Hi, please comment. (And please don't be too harsh, this is my first proposal:)) https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/historic%3Dtombstone Definition: use this tag for prominent tombstones -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging ma

Re: [Tagging] Restaurant that doesn't sell alcohol...

2017-04-11 Thread Michal Fabík
But then some information will always be lost. If a restaurant is tagged with alcohol=bring_your_own, can I still order a beer there? If it's tagged with alcohol=yes, can I bring my own wine? Does alcohol=no mean "no alcohol sold" or "no alcohol tolerated"? Regards, --

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - historic=tombstone

2017-04-11 Thread Michal Fabík
On 10 April 2017 23:27:36 CEST, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >2017-04-10 22:55 GMT+02:00 Michal Fabík : > >> Definition: use this tag for prominent tombstones > > > >I would not put "prominent" in the definition, otherwise the question >will >be:

Re: [Tagging] Quonset hut

2017-04-12 Thread Michal Fabík
to be used this way. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] historic=tank

2017-04-15 Thread Michal Fabík
ays the case (today, I mapped a tank that's an open air museum exhibit, the other day I saw one serving as a mascot of a military school). Is it perhaps because the word "tank" can also mean a container for liquids? Maybe we should use something like historic=armoured_vehicle? Re

Re: [Tagging] cigarette waste disposal tile

2017-05-10 Thread Michal Fabík
a.org/wiki/Sarajevo_Rose. Regards, -- Michal Fabík On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Jo wrote: > Hi, > > In Flanders (Belgium) a new kind of waste disposal appeared; a pavement > tile that functions like an ash tray in places where smokers gather and > produce litter that stays in t

Re: [Tagging] change recommendation from "depth" to "length" for the adit length?

2017-05-11 Thread Michal Fabík
Sounds reasonable to me. If it's horizontal or near-horizontal, depth makes no sense. -- Michal Fabík On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer < dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > According to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dadit the > tag "

Re: [Tagging] change recommendation from "depth" to "length" for the adit length?

2017-05-12 Thread Michal Fabík
rtical depth (TVD) from the Wikipedia article that Volker Schmidt linked. Regards, -- Michal Fabík On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:51 AM, Steve Doerr wrote: > deep, adj.: > > 1. > a. Having great or considerable extension downward. > b. Having great or considerable extension inwar

Re: [Tagging] change recommendation from "depth" to "length" for the adit length?

2017-05-12 Thread Michal Fabík
. Granted, adits aren't usually _that_ twisty, but entering a mine is always a potentially hazardous undertaking and it's important to have as much useful information at hand as possible. -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@open

Re: [Tagging] change recommendation from "depth" to "length" for the adit length?

2017-05-15 Thread Michal Fabík
d then it says that "the adit itself" is to be mapped as man_made=adit. An adit's entrance and the adit itself clearly aren't the same thing. > Shouldn't the tag be "man_made=adit_portal" > Why not just man_made=adit_entrance? I'm not sure I'd

Re: [Tagging] change recommendation from "depth" to "length" for the adit length?

2017-05-15 Thread Michal Fabík
On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Zecke wrote: > Am 15.05.2017 um 11:47 schrieb Michal Fabík: > > > >> Shouldn't the tag be "man_made=adit_portal" >> > > Why not just man_made=adit_entrance? I'm not sure I'd call a crudely dug > openi

Re: [Tagging] change recommendation from "depth" to "length" for the adit length?

2017-05-16 Thread Michal Fabík
lish, which has terms for virtually anything, there's no need to resort to imprecise or ambiguous tags just because people without necessary expertise use them often enough. -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org h

[Tagging] Access restriction for gas-powered vehicles

2017-06-03 Thread Michal Fabík
onal=no @ (fuel=lpg;cng) But I'm pretty sure this is wrong, because AFAIK the engine doesn't understand the connection between motor_vehicle and fuel. Any ideas? -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https:

Re: [Tagging] Access restriction for gas-powered vehicles

2017-06-03 Thread Michal Fabík
there, they're used in Europe as well. For example, the hazmat restriction would apply to a tanker transporting diesel, but not to the same tanker transporting milk, even if it's diesel-powered all the same. -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging maili

Re: [Tagging] Traffic training area ("Verkehrsübungsplatz" in German)

2017-06-13 Thread Michal Fabík
use these for actual training to become drivers. -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Names containing abbreviations that are the official name

2017-07-27 Thread Michal Fabík
ines of "name:tts=charles the fourth square", or name:tts="drugog korpusa armije bosne i hercegovine" with everything in full?" I was discussing this with Janko Mihelić the other day, maybe he has more examples / use cases to add. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Names containing abbreviations that are the official name

2017-07-27 Thread Michal Fabík
xing" them, but it wasn't taken well (to put it mildly) by the local community because of this very fact. And even if there were no abbreviations, there's still the problem with numbers. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing li

Re: [Tagging] lamp_type: sodium or sodium_vapor?

2017-07-27 Thread Michal Fabík
On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Dave Swarthout wrote: > Therefore I'd vote for lamp_type=sodium_vapor (or mercury_vapor) Hi, it's "vapour" in British English (what OSM uses). Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Taggi

Re: [Tagging] Mapping hotels on buildings or areas around buildings

2017-09-29 Thread Michal Fabík
grounds including recreation areas and parking." (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building#Values) Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] winter tyres

2017-10-31 Thread Michal Fabík
er related equipment, depending on jurisdiction. I wanted to look up these roads but I didn't find any way of tagging them in the wiki. Taginfo search doesn't return much for "winter" or "tyre" either, so how about winter_equipment=yes or maybe winter_e

Re: [Tagging] winter tyres

2017-10-31 Thread Michal Fabík
country it was though - can somebody confirm?). This second option would then make sense for cases like that. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] winter tyres

2017-10-31 Thread Michal Fabík
On 31.10.2017 18:37, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: sent from a phone On 31. Oct 2017, at 16:31, Michal Fabík wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice#Don.27t_map_your_local_legislation.2C_if_not_bound_to_objects_in_reality if there’s a sign “winter equipment required” it is

Re: [Tagging] winter tyres

2017-11-01 Thread Michal Fabík
I'm not sure about the precise meaning of "winter" when using the opening times syntax, but in many countries, the restriction applies roughly from mid-autumn to mid-spring. If a consumer decides to interpret "winter" literally (21st Dec - 20 Mar), it's going to

Re: [Tagging] winter tyres

2017-11-01 Thread Michal Fabík
On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > 2017-11-01 9:03 GMT+01:00 Michal Fabík : >> >> >> Technically, this looks fine, but is it really necessary to specify >> that winter equipment is required in winter? > > > > It really depends on th

Re: [Tagging] winter tyres

2017-11-09 Thread Michal Fabík
rst two signs, respectively. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Variable position

2017-12-24 Thread Michal Fabík
On 24.12.2017 02:21, Matej Lieskovský wrote: is there a way to map objects, whose position changes slightly? Hi, I was actually thinking about the same the other day, only for a bucket wheel excavator. It's not stationary but it never leaves its surface mine, so it's always within the same ar

Re: [Tagging] Urbex

2018-01-08 Thread Michal Fabík
are tagged as abandoned, ruined, disused, derelict etc. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Urbex

2018-01-09 Thread Michal Fabík
r rusted chain-link fences, walking through dark smelly corridors, climbing ladders and some crawling. You don't train for stuff like that in systematic way, let alone visiting a dedicated facility for it. Regards, -- Michal Fabík ___ Tagging mailing