Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread NopMap
Richard Welty-2 wrote: i think the situation is that the information is already lost. I dont't think so. Considering that 75% of the trees are from only 3 users, they could be quickly fixed. bye Nop -- View this message in context:

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 NopMap ekkeh...@gmx.de: I dont't think so. Considering that 75% of the trees are from only 3 users, they could be quickly fixed. IMHO tagging ordinary trees as non-significant _or_ not lone (which is the wiki definition) is an absurdity. If we cannot agree on tagging special trees in

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread John Smith
On 7 September 2010 17:08, NopMap ekkeh...@gmx.de wrote: I dont't think so. Considering that 75% of the trees are from only 3 users, they could be quickly fixed. 372,969 * 75% / 3 = 93,242 per user would seem to indicate an import of some kind... ___

[Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Nathan Edgars II
So obviously this is a tower: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_transmission_lines.jpg and this is a pole (no matter what voltage it carries): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyl%C3%B4ne_haute_tension.JPG But what about something like this, where there are several poles with

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread Andreas Labres
Hello, I don't see the problem why one could not tag every tree as this is a tree and additionally tag some of these as this one is special, some kind of landmark or something. (We have some Bildbäume here that could be tagged additionally.) And the Garmins and others would probably only import

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 2:55 PM, NopMap ekkeh...@gmx.de wrote: That is not a solution. For 4 years people have done valid tagging, using the definition in the wiki for significant trees. If you change the meaning, no denotation=landmark will magically appear there, so the information gets

[Tagging] Non proposed features

2010-09-07 Thread Matthias Meißer
Hi, there were no more ideas till somebody mentioned, that the voting process cant be repaired. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2010-August/004023.html Can anybody tell me why it cant be repaired or how we should manage the Map feature list instead to avoid a tagging chaos? :)

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Körner
Hi All, after two weeks without contradictions, I'll open up voting for the Craft proposal: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Craft Thank you for your vote. Peter ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:06 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/7 Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com: So obviously this is a tower: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_transmission_lines.jpg +1 and this is a pole (no matter what voltage it carries):

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
It seems reasonable to me that a node simply tagged as a tree, with no other information, could be single or not-single, a landmark or not a landmark. If the mapper wants to convey additional information about a particular tree, this should be done with additional tags. Incidentally, urban

Re: [Tagging] Non proposed features

2010-09-07 Thread Pieren
2010/9/7 Matthias Meißer dig...@arcor.de Hi, there were no more ideas till somebody mentioned, that the voting process cant be repaired. http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2010-August/004023.html Can anybody tell me why it cant be repaired or how we should manage the Map

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 02:57, Nathan Edgars II wrote: So obviously this is a tower: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_transmission_lines.jpg I use a key of tower_type with the following values to specify the type of tower when they are not one of the normal types (for which I could not

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread NopMap
Andreas Labres wrote: I don't see the problem why one could not tag every tree as this is a tree and additionally tag some of these as this one is special, some kind of landmark or something. (We have some Bildbäume here that could be tagged additionally.) And the Garmins and others

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:11 AM, NopMap ekkeh...@gmx.de wrote: Who's going to find, check and re-tag those 58000 trees? Where does the 58,000 number come from again? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread NopMap
John F. Eldredge wrote: It seems reasonable to me that a node simply tagged as a tree, with no other information, could be single or not-single, a landmark or not a landmark. Again. We are not freely discussing a model to implement in the future. We have a lot of work already done. And

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread NopMap
Anthony-6 wrote: Where does the 58,000 number come from again? If you scale up the result of the German analysis to the global numbers, you'd get about 59000 individial trees that are intended as landmark trees according to the wiki definition and would loose their meaning if the

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:27 AM, NopMap ekkeh...@gmx.de wrote: Anthony-6 wrote: Where does the 58,000 number come from again? If you scale up the result of the German analysis to the global numbers, you'd get about 59000 individial trees that are intended as landmark trees according to

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 Anthony o...@inbox.org: On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:27 AM, NopMap ekkeh...@gmx.de wrote: Anthony-6 wrote: Where does the 58,000 number come from again? If you scale up the result of the German analysis to the global numbers, you'd get about 59000 individial trees that are intended

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Wendorff
I have an additional analysis task: We know how much trees are tagged with, and how much are tagged without additional tag, but: 1) How much users added trees with additional tags? 2) How much users added trees with additional tags and trees without? 3) How much users added trees without

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
I already voted yes, but actually agricultural_engines doesn't correspond to Landmaschinen, it might be agricultural_machinery, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_machinery (but this article actually looks like it was created by a German, maybe someone else can help us). The

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
craft=fashion should be fashion_designer to correpond to the translation, but still this is not a craft. I would put it in office. jeweler is AE ,use jeweller (BE) craft=photo is too generic, there is not explanation given (just questionmarks), and it isn't a craft IMHO. instead of staging I'd

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com: Or this, where a single pole is made of metal with diagonals: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stork_nest_on_power_mast.jpg nice pictures, but I can't see any pole in it. The thing in the middle is a pole. Again, it's only not a pure pole

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: ... elaborated tagging, I'd like to see this in the wiki. cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread SomeoneElse
On 07/09/2010 16:55, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: I already voted yes, but actually agricultural_engines doesn't correspond to Landmaschinen, it might be agricultural_machinery, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_machinery (but this article actually looks like it was created by a

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 September 2010 02:01, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: craft=fashion should be fashion_designer to correpond to the translation, but still this is not a craft. I would put it in office. or shop... I'd also consider things like hairdresser to be in shop, even though it

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 September 2010 02:27, SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk wrote: In English Engish Agricultural Machinery or Agricultural Equipment could describe both powered and non-powered farm machinery. Agricultural Engine historically might have referred to either a fixed or mobile steam engine

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: craft=mechanic mechanic=[agriculture|marine|automotive] +1, I also thought about this. Cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread Brad Neuhauser
I guess I'm a little confused by the description A place producing or processing customised goods as it doesn't seem to fit some of these occupations, especially what I'd think of as the building trades: HVAC, electrician, carpentry, carpet, roofing, plaster, plumber, etc. At least in the US,

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:06 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/7 Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com: and this is a pole (no matter what voltage it carries):

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com: As an example, I drove past two nearby poles today that carry two lines, one 69 kV (the step between intercity lines and lines on every street) and one below at a lower voltage. One was solid reinforced concrete; the other was (presumably) hollow

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote: tower_type=a_frame : http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/power_a_frame.jpg Usually seen as the input and output interfaces of a substation. The example shows two of them at right angles to each other. They

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:26 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: I agree that the differentiation tower/pole is flawed (I already wrote this above). In that case we need to come up with a better one. Obviously there is a difference between the huge towers and the small poles.

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Körner
Am 07.09.2010 18:01, schrieb M∡rtin Koppenhoefer: craft=fashion should be fashion_designer to correpond to the translation, but still this is not a craft. I would put it in office. I don't think so, but I'd be happy to discuss the pros and cons. I see a fashion_designer as somebody who is

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Körner
Am 07.09.2010 18:27, schrieb John Smith: I'd also consider things like hairdresser to be in shop, even though it might be seen as a craft, I'd too regard craft=hairdresser as an uncommon combination. Any votes against removing craft=hairdresser from the list of common values? same with

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Körner
Am 07.09.2010 18:31, schrieb John Smith: craft=mechanic mechanic=[agriculture|marine|automotive] If craft=mechanic includes building custom machineries, then I'd like with this idea, otherwise i like Agricultural Equipment best. Same for craft=carpentry carpentry =

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Körner
Am 07.09.2010 18:54, schrieb Brad Neuhauser: I guess I'm a little confused by the description A place producing or processing customised goods as it doesn't seem to fit some of these occupations, especially what I'd think of as the building trades: HVAC, electrician, carpentry, carpet,

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 Peter Körner osm-li...@mazdermind.de: Am 07.09.2010 18:27, schrieb John Smith: I'd also consider things like hairdresser to be in shop, even though it might be seen as a craft, I'd too regard craft=hairdresser as an uncommon combination. Any votes against removing craft=hairdresser

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: How many lock smiths actually make something? The ones here sell and install alarm/security systems, cut keys etc... They don't make their own locks... probably that would be better shop=alarm_systems? or burglar_alarm? I think you'll find

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 September 2010 06:07, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/7 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: How many lock smiths actually make something? The ones here sell and install alarm/security systems, cut keys etc... They don't make their own locks... probably that

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 10:27, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net wrote: tower_type=a_frame : http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/power_a_frame.jpg Usually seen as the input and output interfaces of a substation. The example shows

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread Peter Körner
Am 07.09.2010 21:43, schrieb M∡rtin Koppenhoefer: IMHO that's a taylor. A fashion designer is designing clothes that then get produced in the textile industry. I removed craft=fashion from the list craft=photo is too generic, there is not explanation given (just questionmarks), and it isn't a

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread edodd
no, this is definitely not a pole. Poles have to be solid cylinders, but you might be right that they can be hollow, not sure about the latter. A power pole made of concrete (as used in new south wales, australia, is hollow. It's a material used and construction thing - just like bones are

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread edodd
Am 07.09.2010 18:01, schrieb M∡rtin Koppenhoefer: craft=fashion should be fashion_designer to correpond to the translation, but still this is not a craft. I would put it in office. I don't think so, but I'd be happy to discuss the pros and cons. I see a fashion_designer as somebody who

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread edodd
I'm not happy that these questions did't came up during RFC stage but now during the voting stage. Does anybody think this is a problem for the validity of the votes? Peter No votes are valid, so the validity of current votes is unaffected.

Re: [Tagging] tagging single trees

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-05 18:22, Serge Wroclawski wrote: On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:08 PM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: In practice, it seems unlikely that any one will try to tag every tree in a forest It's entirely possible to map every tree in a city. Someone else mentioned Girona, I'll

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I would like to tag areas with apartment buildings, and small houses for a single family differently, at the moment I tag all of them with landuse=residential. I need good terminology in english to tag them. I've taken a slightly different approach.

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Homeless Shelter

2010-09-07 Thread Sean Horgan
I tried to collect the feedback by topic and I posted my thoughts here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Homeless_Shelter http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Homeless_ShelterLet me know if I missed anything. Did this format work? The big takeaway

Re: [Tagging] power=tower or pole?

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 ed...@billiau.net: no, this is definitely not a pole. Poles have to be solid cylinders, but you might be right that they can be hollow, not sure about the latter. A power pole made of concrete (as used in new south wales, australia, is hollow. It's a material used and

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Homeless Shelter

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/8 Sean Horgan seanhor...@gmail.com: something similarly named).  How can I get hold of the user kerosin? http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/kerosin cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/7 ed...@billiau.net: This discussion is because 'craft' is not the best English word. there is a WIkipedia-article that is translated in German into Handwerk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_%28occupation%29 but you can already see by the content and length of the article that it

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Homeless Shelter

2010-09-07 Thread Sean Horgan
That was easy; just left a message. -- Sean On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 16:02, Sean Horgan seanhor...@gmail.com wrote: Dear mappers, I scoured the well-written wiki pages for a similar feature but couldn't find one so here is a proposal for a Homeless Shelter:

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I've taken a slightly different approach. I use landuse=residential to outline the entire related area. I then add that way to a relation with role=boundary. I add the various buildings, roads leading

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
Locksmiths who repair shoes? I hadn't heard of that combination before. Wouldn't that be tagged separately as a locksmith and a shoe repair shop, instead of simply tagging it as a locksmith? ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft From

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 17:51, =?UTF-8?Q?M=E2=88=A1rtin_Koppenhoefer?= wrote: 2010/9/8 Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net: At 2010-09-04 09:12, Erik Johansson wrote: I've taken a slightly different approach. I use landuse=residential to outline the entire related area. I then add that way to a

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
Other arrangements are common as well, such as duplexes (buildings holding two households); the same property owner owns both halves of the building, and the land underneath both; he or she may live in one half and rent out the other half, or may rent out both halves. ---Original

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-09-07 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote: Other arrangements are common as well, such as duplexes (buildings holding two households); the same property owner owns both halves of the building, and the land underneath both; he or she may live in one half and rent out the other half, or may

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Eric Jarvies
housing:house/apartment/condominium/mobile_home/public_housing/shanty/fractional/timeshare here in mexico, many properties have 'shanty' structures that are permanent, albeit cheap/easily dismantled, they are permanent dwellings none the less. fractionals are usually in ,multi-level/unit

Re: [Tagging] [OSM-talk] Feature Proposal - Voting - Craft

2010-09-07 Thread John Smith
On 8 September 2010 12:15, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: Locksmiths who repair shoes? I hadn't heard of that combination before. Wouldn't that be tagged separately as a locksmith and a shoe repair shop, instead of simply tagging it as a locksmith? They also sell key chains

Re: [Tagging] landuse=single family houses/apartments

2010-09-07 Thread Eric Jarvies
On Sep 7, 2010, at 10:17 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: The problem with mixing ownership terms with building structure terms is that you can't generally distinguish ownership by appearance, short of there being signs stating the fact, or making inquiries. I have heard of cases where some