On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 11:42, Brian M. Sperlongano
wrote:
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> Yes, this makes sense in broad strokes, though some thought is needed as
> to the exact set of keys and values would be needed to describe these
> things.
>
Indeed! But we've still got another 10 - 12 days of RFC, so lo's of time
:-)
>
> Ground/land, air/aviation & maritime/naval all seem pretty well
> interchangeable, space is ready for the future & we should also include
> amphibious & probably Staff / Command / Headquarters for somewhere like
> this place: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/89605! Currently
> office=mili
In general I have avoided proposing values for these "warning of something
ahead" signs that are at a non-trivial distance from the hazard, as I think
that is a controversial usage, deserving of a separate discussion and/or
proposal. Since there is already a tag for cattle grids and there is no
us
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 at 07:41, Brian M. Sperlongano
wrote:
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>> Services often cross functions; for example, the US Army operates air
>>> fields[2]. Tagging this military_service=army would be accurate, but would
>>> not convey that this is an air force base, but not an Air Force base.
>>>
>>> To
On Thu, 2020-12-10 at 07:27 +1000, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
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> Grid: to warn that you are approaching a cattle grid - we already
> have a tag for grids, do we also need a sign to warn that they're
> coming up?
Welsh example (I have never seen these in England).
https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 17:28, Joseph Eisenberg
wrote:
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> There are, in fact, military offices which are not within a
> landuse=military area, and there are military=danger_area features which
> are not in landuse=military
>
Offices not on base are possible, but will usually only be recruiting
o
>
>
> Services often cross functions; for example, the US Army operates air
>> fields[2]. Tagging this military_service=army would be accurate, but would
>> not convey that this is an air force base, but not an Air Force base.
>>
>> To get around all of this, we should tag military bases with thei
Once again, thanks everybody for your thoughts & comments! This is great,
please keep them coming!
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 17:28, Joseph Eisenberg
wrote:
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> I agree, and this can be easily fixed by changing the key to describe what
> we are actually specifying: "What military service branch is u
On 09/12/2020 14:36, Michael Tsang wrote:
Dear all,
I'm working with some roads in Central area in Hong Kong. Des Voeux Road
Central is considered one of the most important roads in the area which I
tagged it as highway=secondary, however another editor has repeatedly changed
it to highway=servi
> The Wikipedia pages on the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army
>> use "military service"
>>
> sometimes too, and mention the overall "British Armed Services", "Her
>> Majesty's Naval Service", etc.
>>
>
> The same goes for the dialect spoken by that page's author.
>
> However, whilst onl
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 17:08, Joseph Eisenberg
wrote:
> Wikipedia says: "The British Armed Forces, also known as Her Majesty's
> Armed Forces, are the military services responsible for the defence of the
> United Kingdom"... so perhaps the best British term is "military service"?
>
We cannot be
"Service" is the right term for what is being described (e.g. army, navy,
air force, etc), and is consistent with UK terminology[1].
However, it also assumes that every country's military forces are neatly
grouped into these categories. The Chinese military is particularly
complex - the Chinese n
Wikipedia says: "The British Armed Forces, also known as Her Majesty's
Armed Forces, are the military services responsible for the defence of the
United Kingdom"... so perhaps the best British term is "military service"?
The Wikipedia pages on the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army use
"
Am Mi., 9. Dez. 2020 um 12:31 Uhr schrieb Niels Elgaard Larsen <
elga...@agol.dk>:
> I do not not consider them real schools.
>
> I have taken inspiration from, Paint Your Style in Berlin:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4235447795
>
> Which is tagged with a leisure=ceramic_painting tag.
>
>
Thank you for taking the time to draft this! Looks generally ok and is
needed.
A small detail: maybe we would want to have a more explicit qualifier for
the distinction between structures conceived for permant and temporary use,
which could be added even if there is no official / precise end date,
On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 07:28, Joseph Eisenberg
wrote:
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> So I suggest military_branch=* or military_service=* for the key.
>
> Though this is based on my US English understanding of the military
> terminology. Do they call them "military service branches" in British
> English too?
>
"British Ar
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