* Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> [2011-01-19 15:17 +1100]: > I suggest we investigate something like a general prominence=* tag, > with values of 1-10.
I wouldn't be opposed to this, but I keep thinking a two-tiered system like the Ranally City Rating System[0] might be a better approach. You'd have one axis for general importance, like the Ranally System's numbers, where 1 corresponds to national or global importance and 4 corresponds to local importance; and another axis for a place's relative standing within its region. [0]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ranally_city_rating_system As an example, in Maryland we have Washington DC and Baltimore, which have similar populations and are both at least national-level hubs, but DC is the more important of the two. There's some subjectivity in a scheme like this (but no more, I think, than determining whether a highway is primary, secondary, tertiary, etc. in most places outside the UK), but the first axis should be relatively objective and the second axis shouldn't be a problem for people living in the region to decide on. -- ...computer contrarian of the first order... / http://aperiodic.net/phil/ PGP: 026A27F2 print: D200 5BDB FC4B B24A 9248 9F7A 4322 2D22 026A 27F2 --- -- "What is your name, barbarian?" "Who are you calling a barbarian?" snarled Hrun. "That is what I want to know." -- _The Color of Magic_, Terry Pratchett ---- --- -- _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
