On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 14:55, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> > Jun 4, 2020, 14:51 by pla16...@gmail.com: > > > The author of iD is one of the mappers who doesn't like it. So much so > that he > removed that option from the preset for phone=*. Unless you can persuade > him to change his mind (you can't) then you can forget using covered=* > because > unless editors support it, few mappers will use it. > > iD is just one of editors. > But the one that most newbies encounter first. And continue to use. If there are good arguments for that decision it should be considered. > I can see his reasoning and agree with it in the general case. What I found disturbing about this one is that there were only a handful of values and little sign mappers were accidentally using inapplicable values. What I found even more disturbing was him bypassing the tagging list. > You're not going to change his mind > on that, so forget about using covered=*. > > If arguments are good one - then OK. But I see no reason to capitulate > and change tagging scheme just because currently deployed default editor > has a mistake in presets (like iD claiming that there are no paved or > maintained highway=track) > Unless you pay very close attention you don't notice when these changes are introduced. I suspect iD does more to change tagging practises than this list does. -- Paul
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