New keys are much, much better than new values for tags well established as having boolean values.
intermittent=yes/no values are easy to interpret and sufficient for many uses As someone involved a bit in using OSM data I am not against mapping extra detail but I am against forcing everybody to start supporting new values in a well designed simple tag. intermittent=ephemeral_dry_season is similar to tagging lane count with highway=motorway_with_5_lanes Dec 13, 2018, 1:52 AM by s...@smz.it: > > Hello Warin, > > > I think that extending the defined values for intermittent=* could yield > the same result and convey the very same information > without adding > a new tag> (> don't we have enough?> ) > > > Assuming (> and this is just an assumption at this time...> ) that we > are able to define a correct and agreed cutoff value for the frequency > of an event for it to be defined > ephemeral > vs. > intermittent> , then we > could simply add the following keys for intermittent=*: > > ephemeral_spring > ephemeral_summer > ephemeral_autumn > ephemeral_winter > ephemeral_dry_season > ephemeral_wet_season > > ... and be happy with that! :-) > > > Cheers, > > > Sergio > > > > > On 2018-12-13 00:14, Warin wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have reworked the ephemeral proposal. >> >> This now demonstrates; >> >> the difference between intermittent and seasonal - some want to >> combine them into one and see the ephemeral key as just another >> intermittent/seasonal thing so they vote no. >> >> that ephemeral applies to more that just streams - some want it as a >> sub key to streams .. that is not possible if it applies to other >> things, these people too vote no. >> >> >> It now draws on the seasonal page to demonstrate the use of the >> seasonal values. >> >> >> I see this key being used by the experienced local who can draw on >> local knowledge. >> >> The arm chair satellite mapper will have to stick with intermittent as >> they will not be able to determine if seasonal nor ephemeral apply, >> they may not even be able to determine intermittent. >> >> >> I hope this proposal page is now somewhat clearer? >> >> >> >> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ephemeral >> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/ephemeral>>> >> >> >> --------------------------- >> >> I may do a dairy entry on seasonal, intermittent and ephemeral. Looks >> to me like a lot of confusion probably promoted by the use of >> intermittent everywhere. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org>>> >> >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging>>> >>
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