Re: [Tagging] shop=social_market ?

2013-09-22 Thread Paul Churchley
I don't know what a Social Market is Thomas. Paul On 22 September 2013 05:21, Dave Swarthout wrote: > Never heard of such a thing. We certainly don't have such a market and > judging from our increasingly conservative government I doubt we ever will. > > AlaskaDave > > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 a

Re: [Tagging] How to overcome lack of consensus

2013-09-18 Thread Paul Churchley
I think that the "seafood" example is a classic case of why this will always be an issue and why there can never be concensus. A "seafood shop" to me, a Brit all my life, not only sells shellfish but other kinds of seafood. The difference to me is that a "fishmonger" only sells raw fish whereas a s

Re: [Tagging] How to overcome lack of consensus

2013-09-18 Thread Paul Churchley
Yes, I can see what you mean and I can see why having a standard set of tags would help in mapping etc. However, isn't it accepted within OSM that tags are open. In fact, I attended the State of the Map conference a couple of weeks ago and I raised this very point. I asked, as a newcomer, what sho

Re: [Tagging] How to overcome lack of consensus

2013-09-18 Thread Paul Churchley
n could be added to the translation table. This way mapping projects could use the translation table to make sure that a map is rendered using the approved tags only. Just me thinking aloud! Paul On 18 September 2013 18:39, Pieren wrote: > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 6:18 PM, Paul Churchley > w