What's wrong with amenity? A weighbridge IS often an amenity, in the sense that people can make use of it as they require to help them stay within the law, for example. The man_made tag is a complete last resort - just about everything we map is man-made. Lets try and get a bit closer to tagging based on function and role.
--colin On 2015-10-29 15:14, Gerd Petermann wrote: > I agree that I was very surprised to see that amenity=weighbridge is > documented > > in the wiki. > > I also don't like the idea that it is a some kind of highway, so > > man_made=weighbridge > > seems to be the new favorite. > > ------------------------- > > VON: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> > GESENDET: Donnerstag, 29. Oktober 2015 12:17 > AN: tagging@openstreetmap.org > BETREFF: Re: [Tagging] How to tag a weigh station / bridge ? > > On 29/10/2015 9:39 PM, Gerd Petermann wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> the wiki documents >> >> amenity=weighbridge (taginfo reports 386 uses) >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aamenity%3Dweighbridge > > I would NOT use amenity! > > And status=in_use? less than 400 total. > >> Besides several different spellings like >> >> amenity=weigh_bridge (8), weightbridge (3) ,... >> >> and other similar tags like >> >> amenity=weigh_station (21) >> >> ... >> >> I've found several nodes or ways tagged e.g. >> >> highway=weigh_station (60) >> >> highway=weighbridge (9) >> >> man_made=weighbridge (44) >> >> man_made=weigh_bridge (6) >> >> man_made=weighing_scale (4) >> >> man_made=weighting_machine (1) >> >> and further spelling variatons. > > Of the above I would prefer > > man_made=weighbridge > > Can be applied to railways, highways with equal ease. And yes both railways > and highways have them. > > A weighting scale, machine may be for postal items, personal scales... a > weighbridge is for vehicles. > >> weight_sensor=yes (1) >> >> weight_bridge (1) > > I would think the critical things would be the weight limit and the weight > resolution. > Not what kind of sensor is employed. > >> I guess most of them describe the same thing. >> >> It would be great to have a tool which allows to contact >> >> all mappers that used the different versions and ask >> >> them to check if the most often used tag is matching. >> >> Do we have a tool like that ? If not, would it be welcomed? > > Need to be careful not to support spam! > Other than that .. yes, would make contact easier .. but a discussion page > would be better rather than private emails? > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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