> Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 17:29:27 +1000 > From: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Airport power and USB stations > Message-ID: <55602c57.1090...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > On 23/05/2015 3:57 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Dave Swarthout > > <daveswarth...@gmail.com <mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Thanks for the great suggestions. I'm typing on an iPhone so will > > respond fully after I reach my final destination. > > > > amenity=charging_station with subtags for clarification seems to > > fill the bill. > > > > > > I think that's a choice with high long term costs to rendering and > > processing engines. > > > > What will happen is that you're asking rendering and processing > > software to keep up with a blizzard of subtags. > > "charging_station" presently is understood to mean a vehicle charging > > station, not a generic charging station. Suddenly icons designed for > > vehicle charging will start appearing inside airports. > > > > Similarly: > > > > power_supply=cee_17_red > > power_supply=cee_7_4 > > power_supply=usb > > > > > > forces rendering to understand a long series of values. For an AC > > wall plug that means understanding that nema_5_15sev_1011 and > > cei_23_16 are all types of AC wall plugs, but that USB is something > > different. > > It's asking too much from the maintainers of rendering software. > > > > ------------ > > bbq has the same problem.. electric, wood, gas ... > as does building .. school, retail, residential, church, post office ... > > The rendering 'problem' ? > > /To render or not .. that is the question? (to misquote Bill). / > > The data can be added .. rendering is another problem. > First the tagging, then the mapping .. then the rendering. They all have > their problems. > -------------- next part --------------
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