Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > will the caravan=no belong on the cycleway or will it belong on the > main way? Heh. Ever heard of a bike path that permitted caravans? > This discussion just informs us that the access tagging system has > faults. Discuss it on [tagging]

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:56:03 +1100 Steve Bennett wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:25 PM, John Smith > wrote: > > Nope I meant what I said, access:caravan=* same with access:4wd=* > > As I understand it, foot, motorcar, bicycle, hgv etc are all > considered subtags of the access tag. So, for c

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread John Smith
On 18 February 2011 19:28, Steve Bennett wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:14 PM, John Smith wrote: >> I dont think basing a decision on those previous tags is a good idea. > > It's documented and everything. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access > > I can't see any basis for doing t

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:14 PM, John Smith wrote: > I dont think basing a decision on those previous tags is a good idea. It's documented and everything. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access I can't see any basis for doing this one differently. But why don't you discuss it on the tagl

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread Elizabeth Dodd
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:56:03 +1100 Steve Bennett wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:25 PM, John Smith > wrote: > > Nope I meant what I said, access:caravan=* same with access:4wd=* > > As I understand it, foot, motorcar, bicycle, hgv etc are all > considered subtags of the access tag. So, for c

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread John Smith
On 18 February 2011 18:56, Steve Bennett wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:25 PM, John Smith wrote: >> Nope I meant what I said, access:caravan=* same with access:4wd=* > > As I understand it, foot, motorcar, bicycle, hgv etc are all > considered subtags of the access tag. So, for consistency, i

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:25 PM, John Smith wrote: > Nope I meant what I said, access:caravan=* same with access:4wd=* As I understand it, foot, motorcar, bicycle, hgv etc are all considered subtags of the access tag. So, for consistency, it would be caravan=no, just like it's foot=no, motorcar=n

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread John Smith
On 18 February 2011 18:04, waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:43 AM, John Smith wrote: >> >> I agree with the access suggestion, eg >> access:caravan=yes/no/designated/unsuitable > > You mean caravan=*, right? This is already listed at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ac

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-18 Thread waldo000...@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:43 AM, John Smith wrote: > > I agree with the access suggestion, eg > access:caravan=yes/no/designated/unsuitable You mean caravan=*, right? This is already listed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Access If you use caravan=unsuitable, please document this at the to

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-17 Thread David Murn
On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 11:43 +1000, John Smith wrote: > I agree with the access suggestion, eg > access:caravan=yes/no/designated/unsuitable > > I now regret using 4wd_only, this should have be an access: tag > instead, eg access:4wd=only/yes/no etc This should be quite easy to script a change for

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-17 Thread John Smith
I agree with the access suggestion, eg access:caravan=yes/no/designated/unsuitable I now regret using 4wd_only, this should have be an access: tag instead, eg access:4wd=only/yes/no etc ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.ope

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-17 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 08:02 +0100, waldo000...@gmail.com wrote: > Make a new specific tag ("unsuitable_for_caravans=yes; > source:unsuitable_for_caravans=survey"), and document it on the wiki > (with a photo of a sign). At least that's explicit and clear. I see the problem with my HGV proposal. O

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-17 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:57 PM, John Henderson wrote: > The downside I can see is the difficulty in rendering software being able to > make use of the information given in the exact text.  The same information > may be expressed quite differently in different locations. I think there's a kind of

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-17 Thread 4x4falcon
I've been tagging these with caravan=no where I've found them. I'd suggest caravan=no if not at all and caravan=unsuitable if it's only signposted as not suitable. This is in keeping with the other tags like 4wd_only=yes/no/recommended. I'd also suggest adding the signposted= or source:signpo

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-17 Thread John Henderson
On 17/02/11 20:16, {withheld} wrote: Here is a suggestion: Whenever a situation like this comes up (i.e. posted signage which does not fit neatly in a predetermined/official tag case), why not introduce a new tag: signposted: "Literal text from sign" ...on the basis such a thing cannot

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-17 Thread {withheld}
Here is a suggestion: Whenever a situation like this comes up (i.e. posted signage which does not fit neatly in a predetermined/official tag case), why not introduce a new tag: signposted: "Literal text from sign" ...on the basis such a thing cannot be questioned, because that is what is

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-16 Thread John Smith
On 17 February 2011 15:52, John Henderson wrote: > On 17/02/11 16:12, David Murn wrote: > >> Presumably if its unsuitable for caravans, its also unsuitable for HGV? >> Maybe simply re-use the HGV access tags already in place? > > I think they should be kept separate - there'll likely be places whe

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-16 Thread waldo000...@gmail.com
Make a new specific tag ("unsuitable_for_caravans=yes; source:unsuitable_for_caravans=survey"), and document it on the wiki (with a photo of a sign). At least that's explicit and clear. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:58 AM, John Smith wrote: > Saw a couple of roads signed "unsuitable for caravans" whi

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-16 Thread John Henderson
On 17/02/11 16:12, David Murn wrote: Presumably if its unsuitable for caravans, its also unsuitable for HGV? Maybe simply re-use the HGV access tags already in place? I think they should be kept separate - there'll likely be places where caravans are permitted (encouraged even), but HGVs not

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-16 Thread David Murn
On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 14:50 +1100, John Henderson wrote: > On 17/02/11 12:58, John Smith wrote: > > Saw a couple of roads signed "unsuitable for caravans" which seems > > like council butt covering but I'm not sure how to tag it since it's a > > sign to discourage rather than to disallow. > > I've

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-16 Thread John Henderson
On 17/02/11 12:58, John Smith wrote: Saw a couple of roads signed "unsuitable for caravans" which seems like council butt covering but I'm not sure how to tag it since it's a sign to discourage rather than to disallow. I've got at least one to tag also. Maybe access:caravan=unsuitable

Re: [talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-16 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 12:58 PM, John Smith wrote: > Saw a couple of roads signed "unsuitable for caravans" which seems > like council butt covering but I'm not sure how to tag it since it's a > sign to discourage rather than to disallow. IMHO, the poor sap who plans his holiday around taking a

[talk-au] Unsuitable for caravans

2011-02-16 Thread John Smith
Saw a couple of roads signed "unsuitable for caravans" which seems like council butt covering but I'm not sure how to tag it since it's a sign to discourage rather than to disallow. -- Sent from my mobile device ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstr