On 5 June 2015 at 00:54, Michał Brzozowski <www.ha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 4:30 PM, John Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > > OSM needs to provide for objects that fall under more than one category, > > whether it is done by allowing multiple tags with the same key, using > > semicolon-delimited values, or some other means. One often-quoted > expression > > is that "OSM needs to show the ground truth", and it is frequently the > > ground truth that objects fit into more than one category. > > Yeah. It's ridiculous. I was surveying a week ago and there was a shop > that sells coffee AND tea. So what then? There's shop=coffee, and > shop=tea. Whoever invented these tags wasn't a far-sighted person. Or > a shop that sells both doors and windows (maybe even floors - there > were a few of them). The problem with current tagging system lies in > its **unsustainability**. It relies on people inventing new tags > ad-hoc if a POI doesn't fit. And then? Most likely it won't be > recognized by software in foreseeable future ie. unlike it gains > traction. Do you see the nonsense of this? > > > Michał > Shop=refreshments - or is it an amenity !!!!! ???? Can you buy tea in a coffee shop ? Can you buy coffee in a tea shop ? Cake anyone ? How about a sandwich/sub/baguette Or does one have to go to a café ? Shop=refreshments speciality=coffee (tea, no, sandwiches....) Shop=refreshments name=coffee2 speciality=houses And no, that's not a joke ! Just a twist on an estate agent with a small café -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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