You may need to look at the context, or ask local people. For example many named peaks, streams, saddles have no explicit sign - you need to ask local people or base it on your own knowledge.
22 Oct 2019, 16:36 by i...@zverev.info: > I understand the reasoning, but I don’t see how can I follow the “truth on > the ground” principle. Are there any guidelines on choosing the correct tag? > For some reason people don’t write its purpose on a side. And again, images > in three of these pages are the same. > > Ilya > > >> On 22 Oct 2019, at 10:46, Martin Koppenhoefer <>> dieterdre...@gmail.com >> <mailto:dieterdre...@gmail.com>>> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Am Di., 22. Okt. 2019 um 09:35 Uhr schrieb Ilya Zverev <>> i...@zverev.info >> <mailto:i...@zverev.info>>> >: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Today we were looking for a tag to mark this structure: >>> >>> http://not.textual.ru/zverik/2/5/some_hide.jpg >>> <http://not.textual.ru/zverik/2/5/some_hide.jpg> >>> >>> Searching the wiki gave out FIVE options: >>> >>> - >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dbird_hide >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure=bird_hide> >>> ->>> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure%3Dwildlife_hide >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:leisure=wildlife_hide> >>> ->>> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dhunting_stand >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=hunting_stand> >>> ->>> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:hunting%3Draised_hide >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:hunting=raised_hide> >>> ->>> >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tower:type%3Dobservation >>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tower:type=observation> >>> >>> What’s confusing is that photos in the first three look the same, even with >>> a book on birds featured on the wildlife_hide page. >>> >> >> >> >>> >>> I can imagine how tower:type=observation differs from the others, but what >>> do you think about four others? Should we add a warning box on all three >>> “_hide” tags to use amenity=hunting_stand instead? Or choose one “_hide” >>> over others? Currently the wiki is very disorienting. >>> >> >> >> >> a hunting stand is a place where hunters are waiting for animals to shoot >> them. A bird hide or wildlife hide is a place where you can observe animals >> / birds. >> >> I do not recall any discussion about hunting=raised_hide and it seems to be >> a duplicate or sub-group of hunting stand. The tag should probably be >> discouraged as stand alone tag (in favor of hunting stand), but it could >> make sense to state the subtype of hunting stand. >> >> Observation towers are similar features, but usually higher and not >> specifically for watching animals. The definition says they are for "long >> distance" observations, while hunting stands are for observing within >> shooting range. >> >> With regard to your photo, we cannot tell which is the correct tag, because >> we do not know what the purpose is. >> >> Cheers, >> Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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