Re: [Tagging] paved=yes/no

2010-07-17 Thread John Smith
On 17 July 2010 14:55, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Do data modelling perspectives normally deal with folksonomies though? By its very nature, the data entered by OSM editors is far more susceptible to inconsistency than, say, a corporate database. There is plenty of commercial and

Re: [Tagging] paved=yes/no

2010-07-17 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-07-16 21:55, Steve Bennett wrote: On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: from a data modeling perspective, though, it's redundant and thus creates the opportunity for inconsistency and unresolvable error. Do data modelling perspectives normally

Re: [Tagging] paved=yes/no

2010-07-17 Thread Richard Welty
On 7/17/10 8:20 AM, Steve Bennett wrote: This isn't a problem I have any idea how to resolve just now. My comments above were quite simple: having inconsistent paved=yes/no, and surface=xxx is not a problem, because the central authority (whatever it is) can simply define one as taking

Re: [Tagging] paved=yes/no

2010-07-17 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 2010-07-16 at 06:50, Steve Bennett wrote: On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 8:43 AM, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: That was what I was trying to figure out, is there a good reason for such a tag, or is it going to just confuse people. IMHO yes it's useful, because the paved/unpaved

[Tagging] Highway services operator

2010-07-17 Thread Stefano Pallicca
On the wiki [0] I found the operator tag to describe the operator of a certain service area. Now what is this tag supposed to describe? The fuel station operator? The restaurant/bar/fast food operator? Other? May other amenities/services be inserted? E.g. - semicolon-separated services=* -

Re: [Tagging] Highway services operator

2010-07-17 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:47:04 +0200, Stefano Pallicca wrote: On the wiki [0] I found the operator tag to describe the operator of a certain service area. Now what is this tag supposed to describe? The fuel station operator? The restaurant/bar/fast food operator? Other? May other

Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-17 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:48:49 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: I think the two of you are using different definitions of access restrictions. The ones that are implied by motorway relate to whether certain vehicles (such as bicycles or shoes) can access the road, while a surface expressway (and

Re: [Tagging] Highway services operator

2010-07-17 Thread John Smith
On 18 July 2010 03:49, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: One that comes to mind is the potential tags for a Taco Bell owned by Pacific Bells, Inc., common in Oregon: name=Taco Bell amenity=fast_food cuisine=mexican operator=Pacific Bells, Incorporated Or for a corporate-owned Sonic,