Re: [Talk-us] National Forest signs
At 2010-03-03 15:35, Paul Johnson wrote: Alan Mintz wrote: How should one tag the name signs at the entrance to a national forest (e.g. http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/DSCS5938_small.jpg?attredirects=0d=1 )? boundary=national_park is an error according to JOSM rendering rules. landuse=forest renders and icon in JOSM, but I thought landuse=* was generally for areas? Unless there's something special about them, I'd mark the boundaries, not the signs. Agreed. My purpose in tagging signs, in general, is to provide data points for a future audit of existing, or creation of new boundaries. At some point after this, the signs could be removed, much like speed limit, weight limit, truck route, bike route, etc. signs. -- Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Forest signs
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote: At 2010-03-03 15:35, Paul Johnson wrote: Alan Mintz wrote: How should one tag the name signs at the entrance to a national forest (e.g. http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/DSCS5938_small.jpg?attredirects=0d=1 )? boundary=national_park is an error according to JOSM rendering rules. landuse=forest renders and icon in JOSM, but I thought landuse=* was generally for areas? Unless there's something special about them, I'd mark the boundaries, not the signs. Agreed. My purpose in tagging signs, in general, is to provide data points for a future audit of existing, or creation of new boundaries. At some point after this, the signs could be removed, much like speed limit, weight limit, truck route, bike route, etc. signs. I'd recommend tourism=information for the signs. -- Jeff Ollie ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Re: [Talk-us] National Forest signs
Alan Mintz wrote: How should one tag the name signs at the entrance to a national forest (e.g. http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/DSCS5938_small.jpg?attredirects=0d=1 )? boundary=national_park is an error according to JOSM rendering rules. landuse=forest renders and icon in JOSM, but I thought landuse=* was generally for areas? Unless there's something special about them, I'd mark the boundaries, not the signs. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
[Talk-us] National Forest signs
How should one tag the name signs at the entrance to a national forest (e.g. http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/DSCS5938_small.jpg?attredirects=0d=1 )? boundary=national_park is an error according to JOSM rendering rules. landuse=forest renders and icon in JOSM, but I thought landuse=* was generally for areas? -- Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
