Am 21.03.2011 18:41, schrieb crom:
Hi Peter,
... A value for feature (or class) A should not be identical to the
meaning of another class B in any local language.
mmh?
protect_class is an ordersystem for an easy handling (mapping & render).
why should similar managed naturereverves not run with the same value
- on this "order-level"?
did I got it?
sorry, you have an example? where it is like that? where you see a
problem?
You are right - that particular issue is solved by using numbers. My
statement was there to agree here that this is a requirement for a good
proposal.
But to use foreign names IMHO is more natural than to encode it in
numbers.
in the real live. in this case, we are dealing in any digital,
abstract space.
You want to give the protect_class=4 a chinese string?
isn´t it a matter of taste?
Common language for OSM is (British) English. That in mind: no, I don't
want to give the protect_class=4 a chinese string, but a intrinsic
meaningful string within the English language.
and you think, this scheme doesn´t work / - will make problems?
Of course it works.
But I don't like it.
Protected areas might be a feature not very common - but would you
prefer to have a numbering scheme for highway=*?
I think, it's a good fact, that highway is commonly tagged with values
like footway, residential, primary, secondary, motorway etc.
I would highly prefer this widely agreed scheme over something like
highway=1 for motorways, highway=2 for primarys, highway=3 for
secondarys etc. as it's far more difficult to understand "out of the box".
Same argument I would apply to your proposal.
I dont' have much time currently to work it out in detail, but with a
short look over the section protect_classes I would say:
- nature_reserve is a candidate to substitute 1
- national_park is a candidate to substitute 2
- nature_monument could be a candidate to substitute 3 (here I'm not
sure about the meaning of 3 yet - but that would even more be the case
with the numeric variant)
Be aware: I'm neither sure if that values are really good and consequent
to use together with the whole classification system, nor am I a native
English speaker.
regards
Peter
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