[Tagging] Culverts and Fords

The real easy way to understand culverts and fords for OpenStreetMap is about the layers they are on and this dictates the nodes they use. For a ford the stream/river is at the same level as the road (effectively layer=0) and therefore they are able to share a node. Because a culvert (layer=-1

Re: [Tagging] roundtrip

Thoughts on the subject For a route to be a round trip on public transport it would be required that only one ticket purchase would be necessary to take you full circle, and this would include a tourist bus that allows you to get off and back on again along the route until you get back to t

Re: [Tagging] landcover=asphalt ; landuse=highway

This is a part of landuse that is missing on Openstreetmap. There is a term used for this in road planning. It is called a “road reserve” which includes all parts of the road components. The surfaced carriageways, central reservations, hard and soft shoulders, sidewalks (pavements), buffer zones

Re: [Tagging] works_as_highway=primary

Hi Pavel, First let me say that I am totally against the idea of “silly tags” such as works_as_highway=primary. This just indicates a lack of understanding of the real situation. I have looked at your problem and understand what you are seeing. I will give you examples in the Czech Republic as

Re: [Tagging] power=* tag: minor_line vs. line

Please remember that this is OpenStreetMap and most mappers are not experts on the features they are mapping. It is my personal appeal to all to allow a tagging system that allows general mappers to put a specific feature on the map using overall basic tags and then the experts can come in and “

Re: [Tagging] Please don't think name_1 tags are errors.

I am quite in favour of people coming forward to discuss the possibility of improving the iD Editor if it is causing problems. I object to the continuous use of naming new mappers as a problem. I will defend the reason for iD preventing new mappers from being given the option of inadvertently

Re: [Tagging] highway=residential road

Thank you Gerd, The incorrect tagging that you have picked up is by an inexperienced mapper that worked on a square in the tasking manager but has not marked that square as completed yet so no validation has taken place. An even more extensive error that has been done by that same mapper is to

Re: [Tagging] Draft of proposal tag 'sells' for shops..

My personal opinion is that this is getting totally out of hand. Shops pay a lot of money to advertise their wares and you are stepping in and trying to do commercial marketing for free. Not only that but who is going to maintain this information? Shops rotate their stocks on a seasonal basis. T

Re: [Tagging] building=yes for multiple building

Hi all, I notice the same trend happening with nearly all discussions. Instead of being able to consistently look at and discuss these key features as a world-wide general term the discussion tends to become mired in precise local situations. The discussion was originally about the key ‘build

Re: [Tagging] Wrong use of landuse=village_green - but what else to use?

When I was maintaining survey plans the landuse=highway would cover the extent of the area owned and maintained by the highways agency and not just the highway itself. This area would include the highways, the soft or hard shoulders, sidewalks (pavements), roundabouts and islands, central reservat