Re: [Tagging] Tagging for the renderer : One-way "flow" bicycle tracks

Am 11.09.2023 um 23:39 schrieb Graeme Fitzpatrick: Not arguing, but oneway:foot = 5024 foot:backward = 394 foot:forward = 300 Personally, I would interpret that as time that the wiki had a rewrite! :-) Voted by their "foot" ... ;-) - and I used it too ... But it is already rewritten: On M

Re: [Tagging] breads of bakeries

able to record it. (E.g. it is the bakery you go to every week.) +1 As a mapper I would like to add more information too - as I am interesting in these as user too. But as a travelling user I still have do too much work on updating the basics: - a POI that does not exist in OSM - and more often a

Re: [Tagging] Linking Sidewalks to Highways

Am 21.09.2020 um 14:54 schrieb Paul Allen: On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 at 11:06, Supaplex > wrote: The problem remains that physically non-existent road crossings ("wildly crossing the street"), which in reality represent a crossing possibility for many users, a

Re: [Tagging] Linking Sidewalks to Highways

Sorry sorry for the noise - I dont know, who pushed the send button that often ... Georg ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] What does bicycle=no on a node means?

Am 07.10.2020 um 23:01 schrieb Emvee via Tagging: Basic question I think, for a bicycle router bicycle=no on a node means it should "avoid" crossing the node likely by adding a moderate penalty as the cyclist could make the choice to dismount passing the node. I know at least on bicycle route

Re: [Tagging] What does bicycle=no on a node means?

y does my email program send the saving draft while I am still writing ... does matter only to osm lists ... without asking for the outgoing password - heaven! -- Diese E-Mail wurde von AVG auf Viren geprüft. http://www.avg.com ___ Tagging mailing l

Re: [Tagging] railway=station areas

Am 10.10.2020 um 00:35 schrieb Dave F via Tagging: I edited a copy of the diagram (A-simple-station.svg) of a station layout, primarily to remove any references to PTv2 tags, a completely independent, duplicating tagging schema, irrelevant to anything to do with the railway=station tag. T

Re: [Tagging] What does bicycle=no on a node means?

Am 15.10.2020 um 22:18 schrieb Emvee via Tagging: This recent wiki change by Emvee is in my view not helpful, or even misleading, as it does discourage a wide-spread tagging practice (if we like this or not is a different question, but it's establ

Re: [Tagging] Deprecate water=pond?

Maybe there is no clear-cut between a lake and a pond - but for me there is at least a clear impression by size of a pond or a lake beyond the transition zone. I never would call a natural small water or a 'Gartenteich' (garden pond) a lake. -- Diese E-Mail wurde von AVG auf Viren geprüft. htt

Re: [Tagging] Deprecate water=pond?

Am 11.11.2020 um 18:25 schrieb Peter Elderson: I am getting a foot vs hiking feeling. Everybody knows a difference, nobody has the same difference. In the end, it does not matter. Hmm - does it matter, if it is a river or a stream or a lake or a pond? Especially a lake with a river flowing th

[Tagging] Imgur links in OSM data has been backed up

/14415587638029-Imgur-Terms-of-Service-Update-April-19-2023- The Openstreetmap database actually contains about 19712 imgur links. So I've made a script that extracts all Imgur links from the OSM database, using taginfo. And I downloaded all of them tip a zip file. All is available on my Github

Re: [Tagging] Status of oneway=cw oneway=ccw

ed in the opposite direction. How do we add that information in OSM? Current solution: oneway=yes. Not preferred by many on this list, as oneway should indicate a legal restriction. New solution: Some of you suggested alternative new tags, but we didn't come to a conclusion on this yet. W

Re: [Tagging] Status of oneway=cw oneway=ccw

Hufkratzer skrev den 02.05.2019 12:11: On 30.04.2019 21:05, Kevin Kenny wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 2:19 PM s8evq wrote: Personally, I like signed_direction=yes. It's simple and avoids using the word oneway. Also, using the value forward|backward might not be necessary, as it's possible

Re: [Tagging] Status of oneway=cw oneway=ccw

cycle.travel appears to try to follow cycle routes as much as possible. It respects road attributes Peter Elderson skrev den 03.05.2019 15:13: > This one seems to map routes to ways, and it knows the attributes of the ways. > Are you saying it ignores oneway tags on the individual ways? I wonder

Re: [Tagging] Status of oneway=cw oneway=ccw

ot rely on routes being ordered. In OSM a relation is by definition an ordered list, see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation : "A relation is a group of elements. To be more exact it is one of the core data elements that consists of one or more tags and also an ordered list of on

Re: [Tagging] Status of oneway=cw oneway=ccw

ed at all. I've cleaned up hundreds >>>> of routes (most created by Potlatch users though) and my advice is: do >>>> not rely on routes being ordered. >>> >>> In OSM a relation is by definition an ordered list, see >>> https://wiki.openstreetm

Re: [Tagging] Exclusive access rights

Am 30.10.2012 21:09, schrieb Johan C: I believe there is a solution, which is consistent to current tagging styles and which complies to the Keep It Simple & Smart principle. In the situation of a motorway with three lanes, of which the rightmost lane is forbidden for motorvehicles (and PSV an

Re: [Tagging] piste:type=nordic but without underlying track

Hello, Am 22.11.2012 00:07, schrieb Michael S: Or take it the other way round: Would it be ok just to remove the highway tag, and would this fullfill requirements of the open piste map guys? The wiki for piste:type gives no clear answer for me. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_fea

Re: [Tagging] tower vs mast vs antenna

nsceiver. Don't you just love English. Cheers, Chris osm user chillly ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] [RFC] Feature Proposal - Types of highway construction (2)

This proposal will detail the types of highway construction. Please view the proposal on the wiki. Please discuss this proposal on its Wiki Talk page. ___ Tagging mailing list

[Tagging] [RFC] Feature Proposal - Details of construction

This proposal aims to detail construction projects in OpenStreetMap. Link: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Details_of_construction Please discuss this proposal on its Wiki Talk page. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://

[Tagging] [RFC] Feature Proposal - Deprecating demolished railway tags

This proposal aims to deprecate all Demolished Railway tags. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Deprecating_demolished_railway_tags Please discuss this proposal on its Wiki Talk page. ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://li

Re: [Tagging] Deprecating mini_roundabout

their distinctiveness may be helped by viewing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon) and its OSM representation https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.56273/-1.76929&layers=N The nearby Drakes roundabout is a large roundabout identified only by its shape Reg

Re: [Tagging] Barrier=berm

on top seems to be an embankment. A earthwork raised element which has an armoured side seems to be a revetment - I can see no use of this in OSM., but it is in many books about castles and fortifications. In my view earthworks in general could do with analysis to agree terms and usage, they do

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - survey_point:benchmark

Hi,   I need help in tagging a special kind of survey points: geodesic towers. A new tag may help some.   These are tubular concrete structures, with usual steel triangulation tripods on their top. They have the precise benchmark on the ground level, the tower is erected so that it's visible

Re: [Tagging] Waterway river vs stream

2013/10/19 Christoph Hormann > Which leads me to the rule itself which - as noted previously - does not > make much sense as a mandatory top level distinction for waterways. > But it has been around for a long time and a lot of data has been > tagged based on it. This in my opinion means changin

[Tagging] diplomatic institutions (with tl;dr)

the embassy of Ethiopia in Berlin (destination countries: Germany, Poland, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic), see http://aethiopien-botschaft.de/ for this, see also my osm blog (about tagging country codes on embassies etc.): - state 2009: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Serpens/diary/573

Re: [Tagging] diplomatic institutions (with tl;dr)

Hi, thank you for your thoughts! > diplomatic:country=ES I don’t think that is the best solution. Why not? As I wrote: >> The destination country is not always identical with addr:country – see for >> example the embassy of Ethiopia in Berlin (destination countries: Germany, >> Poland, Slovak

Re: [Tagging] diplomatic institutions (with tl;dr)

> having an English name for a Spanish consulate to France seems kind of odd > for the tag "name" ;-) That’s a joke, right? ;-) ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] diplomatic institutions (with tl;dr)

> >> having an English name for a Spanish consulate to France seems kind of odd > >> for the tag "name" ;-) > > > > That’s a joke, right? ;-) > > I would not see that a joke. name= should be the locally used name, name:en= > the English one. It was just an hypothetical example and the whole dis

Re: [Tagging] diplomatic institutions (with tl;dr)

> I'm a bit lost in this thread and hope that I'm not repeating what was > already said, but there is extensive documentation on this topic in the wiki: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dembassy > and linked pages. It might be disputable whether tagging consulate generals > as em

Re: [Tagging] diplomatic institutions (with tl;dr)

tion country is not always identical with addr:country – see for > example the embassy of Ethiopia in Berlin (destination countries: Germany, > Poland, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic), see > http://aethiopien-botschaft.de/ > > for this, see also my osm blog (about

[Tagging] charging stations: CCS socket wiki conflict

Howdy, on charging stations we distinguish between socket types like Type1, Type2, Chademo etc. But currently the english wiki version differs from the german one on tagging the CCS (combined charging system) socks. The english version uses socket:type2 and socket:type2_combo (CCS) to character

[Tagging] charging station power output

Hey guys, two of the criteria on charging stations that matter the most to the drivers are the max. power output of the whole station and the max. power output of the socket compatible with my car. The power output of a specific socket gives some orientation on how fast you can charge in the b

Re: [Tagging] charging station power output

h power available and DC charging requires rectifiers build into the station itself. This increases the cost drastically, that's why not all providers go with the maximum these sockets can handle. > Where a charging station limits the total output power due to the number of > sockets in

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - mark vehicles, for which restriction is operating

Hello! Please, look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/mark_vehicles,_for_which_restriction_is_operating  User Dinamik ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - mark vehicles, for which restriction is operating (preparing for voting: questions)

Hello! Please, look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/mark_vehicles,_for_which_restriction_is_operating . I've prepared questions for voting - please, check them and, if you have some ideas, please, leave comments. User Dinamik

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - addr:territory

Hello! Please, look at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/addr:territory . I suppose to use this tag for addresses, which doesn't contain name of some street (for example, there are no street in some villages, there are addresses ", "). User Dinamik ___

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - addr:territory

only in first address. If I have an address "Big town, Good Place, 1" and write "Good Place" in addr:full or in addr:street, software will write "error: I can't find street with name Good Place on the map; please, add it to OSM". 2011/7/25 M∡rtin Kopp

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - addr:territory

I have address "Big town, Good Place, 1". How do you suppose to write it into OSM to show software, that there is no street with name Good Place and there is no a mistake? For example, in one town Good Place is territorial zone, and in another town we have street Good Place - how can we

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - addr:territory

ibility to mark, that address doesn't contain street (1) we can't write addr:street=no, because rendereres will think, that we have street with name "no"; if we write addr:street=no, where should we write the name of territorial unit? 2011/7/25 Willi : > OSM user [mailt

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Relations/Proposed/Level Map

Dear all, in order to create an easy way of mapping stacked, identical structures and vertical ways, I have created the proposal of a level map. The main purpose is to be able to map ways of general interest through multi-floor buildings (in particular where multiple "rounds" through staircas

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Relations/Proposed/Level Map

Deutschland lebe, habe ich von meiner englischen Wohnung aus jetzt die Adresse osm-m...@gmx.com angelegt. Da wollt niemand eine Anschrift haben. OK, so viel zu meiner Mail-Adresse. Zum Inhalt - ja, da sehe ich einige Gemeinsamkeiten. Deinen Vorschlag muss ich übersehen haben, weil ich nur nach

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Relations/Proposed/Level Map

Sorry, my last message (the German one) was not intended to the list, but to be a PM. Sorry again, Marl ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] Preventing traffic signs - Invitation to discussion

Hello! I want to use some designations for preventing traffic signs: traffic_sign=dangerous_turn_right, traffic_sign=dangerous_turn_left, traffic_sign=dangerous_turns_right and traffic_sign=dangerous_turns_left, traffic_sign=slippery_road, traffic_sign=rough_road, traffic_sign=emission_of_gravel

Re: [Tagging] Preventing traffic signs - Invitation to discussion

I propose additional tag traffic_sign:extent= . Link: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Traffic_sign#traffic_sign:extent - 2012/3/14 Martin Koppenhoefer : > Am 14. März 2012 11:25 schrieb OSM user : >> Please, l

Re: [Tagging] Preventing traffic signs - Invitation to discussion

Thank you! I changed the title. Link: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Traffic_sign#Warning_traffic_signs --- 2012/3/14 John Sturdy : > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:25 AM, OSM user wrote: >> Hello! >>   I want to use some d

Re: [Tagging] Warning traffic signs - Invitation to discussion

first of them is turn to the right *) there will be several dangerous turns, the first of them is turn to the left - 2012/3/14 Paul Johnson : > On Mar 14, 2012 3:25 AM, "OSM user" wrote: > >>   I want to use some designations

Re: [Tagging] Warning traffic signs - Invitation to discussion

ecause they have another sense. - 15 марта 2012 г. 1:28 пользователь Paul Johnson написал: > > On Mar 14, 2012 2:58 PM, "John F. Eldredge" wrote: >> >> Paul Johnson wrote: >> >> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:32 PM, OSM us

Re: [Tagging] convention for multiple maxspeed values

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Richard Welty wrote: > some highways have split max speed values, different > for passenger cars and trucks. i don't see any provision > for tagging this on the map features page. > > are there any existing proposals for dealing with this? > > if there aren't, i'd

[Tagging] A fool with a tool ... Vehicle service tags

Hi all, just realized there's a "great" new feature in ID editor, lots of senseless service tags in this format : https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=service%3Avehicle%3A Seems to be over a year ago that someone decided to avoid conflicts between the "street" and the "car" services : https

[Tagging] A fool with a tool ... Vehicle service tags

8X-- Bryan Housel bhousel at gmail.com Thu Jan 3 04:39:03 UTC 2019We discussed it here on this list last year. You started the thread even, so you can’t pretend like you "just realized” it. I even asked people to update the wiki. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipe

[Tagging] A fool with a tool ... Vehicle service tags

Forgot to mention : " it follows what `service:bicycle:*` does." is not true. And if you introduce a new system, you should also explain the namespace structure. And not just create a hard to find "notice" which isn't linked to from the affected existing tags https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ke

[Tagging] A fool with a tool ... Vehicle service tags

8X- Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org Fri Jan 4 12:29:34 UTC 2019 Hi, I agree there seems to be a problem here that needs careful discussion & consideration, but: On 03.01.19 16:47, Thilo Haug OSM wrote: > So which ACTION

[Tagging] A fool with a tool ... Vehicle service tags

8X- Sérgio V. svolk2 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 4 15:59:48 UTC 2019 As talking on tools, standards and principles, I think what is vital is to follow "OSM principles": https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice *Don't remov

Re: [Tagging] Not mapping personal preferences and details

es is for > profit, if they have specific knowledge of a particular market, such > as motorcycling, then they may use it to advantage. > I don't see any harm in that - after all OSM is mapping crafts and > shops where the people concerned have skills in those areas. > > >

Re: [Tagging] Cycling "service area"

ce_area tag is both useful and > specific enough to be a widely used tag if documented on the osm > cycling pages. > nev >   >> On 17 Feb 2018, at 8:40 PM, John Willis > <mailto:jo...@mac.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Javbw >

Re: [Tagging] Shops that sell printer ink cartridges

op that > have more than one product.. > a schema like shop=first_level + first_level=second_level etc., > avoiding the need for each application to do so. Regarding "I am against turning OSM into a shop inventory or an ontology of all products on the planet. I agree with Frederik be

[Tagging] "service" tags in general (for shops)

Hello all, instead of debating every single shop (details), I'm in favor of using a name scheme which applies to all (kind "grammar" for it). In the context of the printer_ink shop discussion I stumbled on the "service" tags of https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dcopyshop IMHO service

Re: [Tagging] discrepancy in shop definition and "wholesale" value

I agree with those statements : What they sell (e.g. clothes, groceries, only in bulk packaging) or if access is restricted (specific times, only certain group of people) are separate concerns *and should be tagged separately*. Am 06.03.2018 um 18:55 schrieb Paul Allen: We already make a distinct

Re: [Tagging] Tag:shop=shotball

Hi, there's already https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dweapons How about a subtag weapon:type=* The corresponding sport is here : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dshooting Cheers, Thilo Am 08.03.2018 um 13:00 schrieb Александр Львов: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] Identifying language regions

An example, good luck : 56 TSKM, 39 Languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Togo 41 TSKM, 4 languages : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland (Germany : 357 TSKM) Am 18.04.2018 um 21:49 schrieb Vao Matua: > I would suggest that OSM is probably not the best place for t

Re: [Tagging] musical_instrument tag for publicly available musical instruments

Hello all, i think that subtags are necessary for all types of shops but may be the same for every (non-food) type of shop, as all of them usually offer the same (besides sales), so the following may apply : musical_instrument:sales=* musical_instrument:rental=* musical_instrument:repair=* musica

Re: [Tagging] musical_instrument tag for publicly available musical instruments

perhaps musical_instrument:usage= ? Am 30.04.2018 um 11:22 schrieb Marc Gemis: > Besides the arguments from Martin, > > how do you differentiate the "rental" in a bar, where you can only > play on the instrument, and not take it away from the room/building > from a real rental company that deliv

[Tagging] service:vehicle: prefix

Hi all, what is the service:vehicle: prefix good for, and where is it documented ? (1 223 occurrences) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/service%3Avehicle%3Acar_repair#overview Cheers. Thilo ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org ht

Re: [Tagging] tagging LPG only station

fuel:diesel=no fuel:octane_91=no fuel:octane_95=no fuel:octane_98=no fuel:e10=no Am 06.05.2018 um 18:52 schrieb Mateusz Konieczny: > How to tag fuel station with only LPG fuel? > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfuel and > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:fue

Re: [Tagging] service:vehicle: prefix

Key:service:bicycle:repair >> >> >> >> On 06/05/18 13:42, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: >>> As part of shop=car_repair >>> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dcar_repair >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Graeme

Re: [Tagging] service:vehicle: prefix

Hello all, instead of discussing everything from scratch, let's create a general guideline for shop suffixes. There has already been a former short dicussion with some nice examples, but no productive outcome : General namespace (syntax) for shops : https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/taggi

Re: [Tagging] Removing helpful information in wiki pages

Hi, IMHO the picture helps understand the process of starting and landing, as not everyone heard about the recent development. I thought this would be helpful to get an overview at a glance. (talking about the spacex schematic picture, not the " long exposure" one, which should only show the "real

Re: [Tagging] Tagging Digest, Vol 105, Issue 26

   top-level    tag >> >> Hi, >> >> it is a gut reaction by people when forced with difficult issues to call >> for strong leadership to solve them once and for all. OSM is no >> exception. >> >> On 08.06.2018 01:29, EthnicFood IsGreat wrote: >>&g

Re: [Tagging] building = house vs detached.

On 23/07/2018 14:00, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote it does not seem to be a very promising concept though. Terraced houses are usually seen as a compromise for people who want an independent house, but cannot afford a detached one. Terraced houses are cheaper because they need less ground (i.

[Tagging] transport=* -key

Hi all, what is the meaning of the transport=* -key ?  I couldn't figure it out because it's often on buildings (possibly "reachability" ?) There's a total of 4 013 usages, but no wiki description : https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/transport

Re: [Tagging] horse rental

And what if a touristic item (farm, hotel, shop...) offers several things to rent ? Let's say horses, bicycles, jetski ? Am 01.09.2018 um 16:25 schrieb Hufkratzer: > On 1.9.2018 02:55, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: >> >> On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 at 09:03, Hufkratzer > > wrote: >

Re: [Tagging] horse rental

Hi, I don't have a general preference about the format, but I think it should be possible to express several things to rent (buy/repair etc.) and it should be easily be possible to filter for all these items (regardless whether it's a shop/hotel/farm). So the format should be flexible enough to a

Re: [Tagging] horse rental

r (to distinguish it from which other key "without service" ?) https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dbicycle#Additional_keys Cheers, Thilo Am 03.09.2018 um 12:19 schrieb Hufkratzer: > On 2.9.2018 22:06 Thilo Haug OSM wrote: >> {...] >> The current namespace art

Re: [Tagging] horse rental

g people express the details with an easy "grammar" / "subkeys"). Am 03.09.2018 um 15:49 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: > > > 2018-09-03 15:18 GMT+02:00 Thilo Haug OSM <mailto:th...@gmx.de>>: > > The principle should be described in general (not only for ren

Re: [Tagging] Area of Firestations / Area of Ambulancestations

Hi all, I think this should be discussed here (centrally) : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:WikiProject_Emergency_Cleanup#amenity.3D.2A_vs._emergency.3D.2A Generally I don't understand why the parameters can't be "mixed" (a police station is a police station, whether for emergency or not

Re: [Tagging] maxspeed:type vs source:maxspeed // StreetComplete

hicles except overridden for a >> specific vehicle type or a conditional, specifying only maxspeed=50 in >> any of the above cases has to be considered wrong or at least >> incomplete. In other words, the tags you see above would need to be >> added in the case the sp

Re: [Tagging] Topographic Prominence for Peaks

On 24/09/2018 07:03, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: Right! Especially on my island, New Guinea.  That’s why we need to check the height of saddles and peaks “by hand”, or better yet by survey with GPS. OSM is the right place for this data, and some map styles and database users will

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (consulate)

It looks as though the key in use is diplomatic in conjunction with amenity=embassy. There are several mapped in the Brazilian city of Curitiba. The reason I'm aware of these was that a friend was the Polish consul during the early 1990s. Jerry On 21/10/2018 18:01, Allan Mustard wrote:

[Tagging] Substation proposal approved - and a suggestion for a post-vote change

The substation refinement proposal has been approved by a large majority of voters. The new feature page can be found here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:power%3Dsubstation Afterwards I regret a bit that I didn't reserve a dedicated value in the substation=* tag for the small street level

Re: [Tagging] Substation proposal approved - and a suggestion for a post-vote change

> 2013/10/12 Martin Koppenhoefer >> >> 2013/10/12 Ole Nielsen / osm >> >>> I propose to change the meaning of "substation=distribution" to be used >>> only on substations at the last level of voltage transforming, thus the >>> smal

Re: [Tagging] Cycle lane tagging

> Questions regarding correct cycle lane tagging. > > Regarding a situation like http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle > M3a: > > a) How do I tag the width of the cycle lane? > > b) How do I tag an arrangement like M3a where the lane is signposted as > non-segregated foot and cycle use? > > Do

Re: [Tagging] Pre-RFC: shop=mall versus shop=shopping_centre

A few points: * OSM standard is British English. Shopping Centre is standard British English for an enclosed pedestrian space with lots of shops. Historically these have been covered, but this is changing to a simulated street environment (in UK Liverpool One the Arc at Bury St Edmunds

Re: [Tagging] Truckage company

As Dudley said, "Haulage contractor" is standard British-English for firms (and individuals) who own and operate Heavy Goods Vehicles (over 3.5 t IIRC) to transport a whole range of loads. As others have said logistics is about the whole chain of processes rather than specifically individual mov

Re: [Tagging] oneway=no spams

> I notice a quicky increasing number of oneway=no tags on roads, probably > due > to editors offering some flashy list box for the oneway key. I wonder > what's > next. bridge=no, tunnel=no...? > > I find these information-less tags annoying, because you have to browse a > long list of bogus tags

Re: [Tagging] Tag:natural=tree and taxon names

It really just happened. species, genus and taxon as tags came into existence at similar times. It may well be that my use of taxon was inspired by your own initiative on Flickr. Currently the position is very simple: - species and genus are preferred tags for taxon:species and taxon:genus

Re: [Tagging] Camps

 It seems to me that the obvious generalisation, which would cover camps  organised for profit and by non-profits would be leisure=vacation_camp. This simply generalises summer, and avoids the very specific British connotations associated with  holiday_camp. This does not precisely cover things l

Re: [Tagging] Camps

Lets be quite clear. I am not talking about travellers, itinerant workers etc. That is a different issue. Such places (trailer parks, mobile home parks, travellers sites etc.) are a form of residential landuse. Jerry   From: David Bannon To: Jerry Clough - OSM ; "Tag discussion, str

Re: [Tagging] Orchards and their crops

Hi John, This is pretty much the type of situation which the taxon tag is meant to cope with: current tagging says it's an apple orchard, with taxon we can show that it's one for Bramley's or the cider apples loved by RichardF. "taxon=Malus domestica 'Bramley's Seedling'" This can be used wit

Re: [Tagging] Orchards and their crops

iaPrunus 'Kanzan' (syn. 'Kwanzan' or 'Sekiyama') is a flowering cherry cultivar. It is a deciduous tree that grows to between 8 and 12 metres high with an 8 metre spr... | | | | View on en.wikipedia.org | Preview by Yahoo | | | |   | From: John Willis To

Re: [Tagging] test track tagging (vs highway=raceway)

Hi Richard, Not just test tracks. Your post instantly brought to mind the training track at  the Police school outside Merida. I'm sure other Police training establishments must also have tracks designed for training of advanced driving skills. | | | | || | | | | | Op

Re: [Tagging] knotted willows

n see examples here. However I would not choose to add this information to OSM: it is safe to assume that trees in Spanish Dehesa and Swiss Orchards will generally be manage this way. Quite beside which there are something like 37 million oaks in the dehesas of Extremadura. Jerry | | | |

Re: [Tagging] Dead hedge

I've many such things: the material is called brash (sometimes brush) in the UK. It is often just collected in piles or in longer rows (typically at the edge of the area being worked on) and these are usually referred to as brash piles. Brash is also used to deliberately fill gaps to discourage

Re: [Tagging] Dead hedge

ese are closest to wattle fences, although the construction material which is interwoven  is wood brash rather than nice coppice poles. Jerry From: Jerry Clough - OSM To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" Sent: Monday, 20 February 2017, 14:18 Subject: Re: [Tag

Re: [Tagging] Vertical farming vs. other vertical plants

Hello all, regarding vertical plants, some examples against air pollution came to my mind. it's not really "farming", but at least an "artificial" way to grow plants, so it doesn't really fit with "natural" http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:natural Do you think this should be considered ? I

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - drying:*=*

Hello all, please check this proposal and comment on the discussion page : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/drying This is thought for all kinds of sport accommodations which offer a possibility to dry your equipment. Thanks in advance, Cheers, Thilo __

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

Hi, There are two examples of byob=yes, one of bring_your_own_wine=yes, and one alcohol=bring_your_own_bottle. No doubt there are other tags of which I'm not aware. I would have thought that London must have a goodly number of BYOB establishments, and surely more than 4. Regards, Jerry Fro

Re: [Tagging] office=therapist??

I think it's similar to : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dmassage "office" is really strange Am 13.04.2017 um 23:23 schrieb John Willis: > > > Javbw > > On Apr 14, 2017, at 4:42 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer > mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Looking through the current list

Re: [Tagging] "Feature Proposal - RFC - (office=courier)"

In Germany this is the same : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post Am 15.04.2017 um 17:04 schrieb Marc Gemis: > On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: >> How is it not a post office that just happens to have an operator other than >> the state? > So if I ask you "where is th

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