Martin, What would you proposed as the description= (in the Infobox) for place=square?
What changes do you propose to the current text of the page to improve the definition? -- Joseph Eisenberg On 3/24/20, Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote: > Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Am Mo., 23. März 2020 um 18:47 Uhr schrieb Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com>: >> >>> We need it for en_US, too, because in the US, at least in New England, >>> everybody knows what Square means and it is different from what this >>> thread is discussing. >> >> Think about pre-60ies urbanism. And "new urbanism", for example. > > Sorry, too confusing! > >> Here are some examples in New England (I do not know them from visiting, >> but they are obvious from looking at the map): >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/530038747 > > not tagged as place=square. not in New England! (seriously, New York > is not part of New England) > > Yes, uses Square in name and fits the eurodef. > >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/474864229 > > does not use sqaure in the name and is not place=square. > > Not clear if it really functions as a eurodef-square. > >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/474864229 Union Square > > wrong link, but guessing you mean > https://osm.org/go/Zct8XcGSc--?layers=N then that seems like maybe it > fits and is named. > >> Also this could be a square: >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/39.29345/-76.60253 > > could be, but it could also just be a bit of grass. > >> (sorry no time for more examples now) > > That's fine, but the point is not that we have zero things in the US > that meet the Euro definition of square. It is that we have many things > that have square in the name that do not, and therefore that inhabitants > of the US, or at least New England, do not relate at all to the EURO > definition of square. > > Here is the most well known thing named square in New England (six > states): > > https://osm.org/go/ZfI4p0cT9-- > > and note the green area to the NE is not part of Harvard Square - it is > "Harvard Yard", which is a thing near Harvard Square. > > > Here's another example of someting with Square in the name that is not a > place=square > > https://osm.org/go/ZfI6Neyh0-- > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
