On 26/08/2015, Richard <ricoz....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 03:23:10PM +1000, Warin wrote: >> On 26/08/2015 8:20 AM, Paul Norman wrote: >> >On 8/24/2015 3:35 PM, Andy Townsend wrote: >> >>That's not so bad in lua, but imagine writing "... and not disused=yes" >> >>into every cartocss rule! >> > >> >Fortunately, we will not have to do that in OpenStreetMap Carto, as we >> >will not be supporting the style of tagging where one tag says what >> >something is, then another tag saying it's not really that, but used to >> >be, or will be. We do not want to encourage the use of disused=yes, >> >abandoned=yes, or similar tags. >> >> Your choice to use what you want. >> The mappers chose to use tags that reflect what is, was or will be. As >> they >> want. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_life_cycle_concepts
Curiously, the disadvantages of "disused=yes" seem rather contrived, and not really likely, whereas the disadvantages of "disused:*=*" seem quite genuine. Not to mention that "disused=yes" is simpler, and very obvious to a human reader. Andrew _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
