2010/6/28 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>: > 2010/6/28 John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com>: >> On 28 June 2010 20:20, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> or maybe all three versions and some other versions as well that >>> weren't thought of right now. Why should using our data be easy? >> >> highway=path already gave alias tagging a precedent, so there is no >> reason you can't have 2 tags that mean the same thing... > > > I know, but the more aliases we are introducing, the more our data > gets inconsistent / complex to analyse. Should we encourage aliases > for every tag we are using? IMHO no. >
Martin, I see alias tags as way to phase out old tag and replace it with new one. Cheers, Peter. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
