Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/7/9 David Riccitelli > > I understand now the matter about car=yes. > > Can you clarify the following: > 1. shall we then remove the *car=yes* tag? (at least until the matter is > clarified) > 2. what considerations shall we make for the value of the *access* tag? > Doesn't the *access* ta

Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread David Riccitelli
Okey, I made an analysis of the existing data in OSM (using the data loaded from this URL: http://open.mapquestapi.com/xapi/api/0.6/node[amenity=charging_station]). There are 1.537 nodes, with 91 different fields, published by about 189 different users: https://docs.google.com/a/insideout.io/spre

Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/7/10 David Riccitelli : Jason Remillard: >> - what happens if a mapper, merges the node onto a building IMHO this is a mapping error. How would you be able afterwards to distinguish the building from the charging station and tell to which object the tags apply? E.g. tag name, tag start_date,

Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread David Riccitelli
Hello > >> - what happens if a mapper adds more tags to the imported nodes > > Tags would be overwritten. Is this okey? > > definitely not okay, never automatically remove stuff that was entered > by judgement of a human mapper Yes, this makes sense. I believe therefore that we shall not overwr

Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread Michal Palenik
On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 05:18:20PM +0300, David Riccitelli wrote: > > - Why not use access=*, instead of car=yes > > > We're using car=yes as specified following the guidelines > > > published here: > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Charging_station#The_different_vehicles

Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/7/10 David Riccitelli : >> >> - what happens if a station is deleted from the source data >> > Stations deleted from the source data, or marked as inactive (e.g. >> > maintenance), will be removed from OSM. >> >> not sure if stations marked as inactive should be completely removed, >> maybe be

Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread David Riccitelli
Hello, > have a look at these: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:disused > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:abandoned > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_life_cycle_concepts Sounds good to me, could we use the following? [1] - proposed: (planned, with a high like

Re: [Imports] Charging Stations in Italy

2013-07-10 Thread Jason Remillard
Hi David, I am OK with whatever you decide on the tagging. This is an emerging feature in OSM. In a couple more years, when we have 100,000 charging stations mapped the tagging will work itself out. I just don't think an import should get ahead or deviate from what normal mapping practice is in th