"contact" can mean one-way contact, as in "on what channel does this POI broadcast information for us?" Note that except contact:email, most other links are also used oneway in 99% of the time.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 9:34 PM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:13, bkil <bkil.hu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I also raised this question some years ago on the talk page but went with >> the flow and continued to tag webcams with contact:webcam=*. I think it >> makes more sense if you see a static gallery of a venue specified under >> contact:flickr=*, prerecorded videos under contact:youtube=* and you can >> also check out the traffic in real time under contact:webcam=* (for example >> on a beach or a pub to decide whether it would be a suitable time to give a >> visit). >> > > None of those come under what I would consider "contact" Some youtube > channels permit comments on videos but they may be ignored by the > creator. > > I think the contact namespace is entirely without justification in the > first place. Adding things that aren't mechanisms for contacting > somebody merely compounds the stupidity. > > There are reasons for having the addr: namespace. It groups together > elements which may not be meaningful unless considered as a group. > Knowing the house number is not much good without knowing the > street and town (in the UK the postcode and house number suffice, > but you need both). > > Are you unable to look at somebody's facebook page unless you also > know the twitter account? Do you need the instagram as well? No, > because they're independent. > > I've yet to see any valid reason for having a contact: namespace and > using it for surveillance cams is the least valid reason I've seen > yet. > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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