Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Draft - Depot

2010-12-16 Thread Simone Saviolo
2010/12/16 Pieren : > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Simone Saviolo > wrote: > > Why "landuse=depot" ? I don't like to use amenity for "everything" but it's > very closed to the already existing amenity=parking which is not > "landuse=par

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Draft - Depot

2010-12-17 Thread Simone Saviolo
2010/12/17 Pieren : > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Simone Saviolo > wrote: >> >> We proposed the use of "landuse" because it really seems that simple: >> "what is the land used for?" "to deposit things, such as vehicles or >> goods, an

Re: [Tagging] Thoughts on how to replace or modify an exist/established tag (Was: Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate)

2011-01-06 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/1/6 Steve Bennett > Putting in place a serious process for tag migration will be difficult. I > suggest that a first step will be definition of an actual schema, with > version number. For example, define an actual list of several hundred tags, > with semantics, that correspond to "OSM core

Re: [Tagging] Thoughts on how to replace or modify an exist/established tag (Was: Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate)

2011-01-06 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/1/6 Ralf Kleineisel > On 01/06/2011 06:00 PM, Peter Wendorff wrote: > > > What beside of this - I fear, stupid - "certification" is the benefit > > for a hiking map in supporting e.g. maxspeed of motorways as part of the > > OSM core being the decision basis to get the certification? > > > >

Re: [Tagging] Thoughts on how to replace or modify an exist/established tag (Was: Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate)

2011-01-06 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/1/6 Ralf Kleineisel > Remember, the goal of OSM is a FREE map, not one with a lot of rules and > restrictions. There are enough restricted maps out there. > Let me express another comment on this. OSM's map is FREE in the sense that it is FREELY USABLE and DISTRIBUTABLE. You can do what you

Re: [Tagging] Thoughts on how to replace or modify an exist/established tag (Was: Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate)

2011-01-06 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/1/6 Peter Wendorff > Hi Simone. > I agree that some definition of "core features" would be useful. > I think I wrote that in my last mail here, too. > > I simply don't see the benefit of a certificate on application side. > It's not an advantage "on the application side" in itself; it's mo

Re: [Tagging] Thoughts on how to replace or modify an exist/established tag (Was: Feature Proposal - RFC - sluice_gate)

2011-01-06 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/1/6 Ulf Lamping > Am 06.01.2011 23:06, schrieb Simone Saviolo: > >> ... but in fact the map is not reliably usable. >> > > Fine, if you think OSM is working unreliably - just go on and start your > own reliable project :-) > > If you set up something l

Re: [Tagging] tagging capitals

2011-01-21 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/1/21 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer > By looking at the wiki and taginfo, as well as some data as Cardiff / > Wales, it doesn't seem clear which way capitals should be tagged / are > currently tagged. > There is proposals to use capital=yes together with admin_level on a > node, there is the idea to ta

Re: [Tagging] tagging capitals

2011-01-21 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/1/21 > I was a little surprised by this, until I looked up the definition of > capital given in Wikipedia (primary city, as opposed to seat of government). > In American usage, the capital of a nation or sub-national region is its > seat of government, whether or not that is the primary ci

Re: [Tagging] Tagging long roads

2011-02-16 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/2/16 Nathan Edgars II > On 2/15/2011 10:22 PM, Andrew Errington wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have noticed inconsistencies and discrepancies in motorway names here in >> Korea. I can fix this because I have photographed the roadsigns which >> give >> the correct names, however, the motorway ways

Re: [Tagging] Tagging long roads

2011-02-17 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/2/17 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer > > A slight OT: is there some agreed decision on how to solve conflicts in > tags > > between a relation and its elements? > > Yes, correct the wrong one with local knowledge ;-). > Ja, denn die Welt ist perfekt ;-) I mean, if the relation says "name=Foo" and the

Re: [Tagging] Counterflow Lanes

2011-02-21 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/2/21 Richard Welty > On 2/21/11 9:10 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> On 02/20/2011 08:57 PM, Richard Welty wrote: >> >>> On 2/20/11 8:51 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> On 02/19/2011 08:08 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > Don't we want to break existing consumers if they might route peop

Re: [Tagging] Sidewalks vs Footways

2011-03-17 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/3/17 Peter Wendorff > Hi. > I'm from Germany, and therefore not argumenting with the English language, > but "footway" is a more general term as distinct ways for people moving by > foot are "footways", too. > Ways along or part of a street with main purpose of often motorized > vehicles - a

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Sidewalks as separate ways

2011-03-25 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/3/25 David Paleino > No, it's up to YOU, as a developer, to support basic OSM things. > "Relations" are an OSM primitive, and to be considered the official editor, > since you're being hosted on osm.org, you MUST implement them. That's > IMHO, > obviously. I remember the mob yelling the l

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Sidewalks as separate ways

2011-03-25 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/3/25 Richard Fairhurst > David Paleino wrote: > > No, it's up to YOU, as a developer, to support basic OSM things. > > "Relations" are an OSM primitive, and to be considered the official > > editor, since you're being hosted on osm.org, you MUST implement them. > > That's IMHO, obviously. >

Re: [Tagging] etymology of street names

2011-04-08 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/4/8 Jo > In Ghent (Belgium) I find the following in the name tags: > > Henri Farmanstraat ((Luchthavenpionier, 1874-1958)) > Vincent Evrardlaan ((Oud burgemeester van Gentbrugge, 1896-1995)) > Guido Gezelle straat ((Dichter, 1830-1899)) > > Interesting information, but technically not really

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-28 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/4/28 Richard Welty > On 4/27/11 8:47 PM, John Smith wrote: > >> >> If people can tag trees, surely things of historical significants >> deserve to be allowed in OSM as well. >> > identifiable, physical objects that exist today, sure. > > the phase maps i want to do for the battle of antietam

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