> On Feb 25, 2015, at 3:55 AM, Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote: > > The editing tools have a role here, with iD leading the way. > > With iD one writes the thing, for example a "bathroom". > The editor matches this to available tags and lets you choose. > It even hides the actual tag name (amenity=toilet most likely in this case). > > Thus with a good set of aliases, the actual tag name becomes unimportant to > remember.
This is really true - sidewalk is an alias (?) to footpath, and crosswalk is an alias to footpath + crossing=zebra It's really convenient, and I don't have to remember to even hit a radio button or a choice from a drop down menu to select what kind of crossing it is. As long as the terms are not ambiguous, it is a great abstraction of the tags. Javbw > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
