Re: [Tagging] Benefits of namespaces

2018-12-20 Thread Claudius Henrichs
It's not ideal, but I copied your replies over to the forum. I've tried to move to my concrete example so we could test out the application of what each of you are suggesting in my reply: https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=730429#p730429   It feels like the two arguments are

Re: [Tagging] Benefits of namespaces

2018-12-18 Thread Claudius Henrichs
I couldn't be happier to have the "Benefits of namespaces" discussion happening right now on this ML. I am about to finalize a tagging proposal for a new sub-tag. I am wondering about the pros and cons of the traditional "OSM tag chain" (foo=bar + bar=baz) versus "Laymans namespacing" (foo=bar +

Re: [Tagging] Waterway direction

2010-09-01 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 01.09.2010 08:32, Nathan Edgars II: On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:16 AM, Pierre-Alain Dorangepdora...@mac.com wrote: so flow_direction ? How would you know if local waterways have the wrong direction without specifically checking for the problem? OSM relies on the enough eyeballs principle for

Re: [Tagging] Mapnik reender

2010-08-22 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 22.08.2010 16:20, LeSve: How should I map a statue (Monument) so the reendering will se it. Specially in mapnik version. Maybe it is not possible ? /LeSve Depending on the nature of the statue use either historic=memorial or tourism=artwork + artwork_type=sculpture Claudius

Re: [Tagging] football or soccer ?

2010-06-28 Thread Claudius Henrichs
It looks like the class struggle you are trying to revive is long over in most of the british OSM mappers. Or maybe the intersection between british football supporters and osm mappers is to little :) Because even famous Wembley Stadium is tagged with sport=soccer

Re: [Tagging] Builders' Merchants - Timber Merchant

2010-06-24 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 24.06.2010 10:42, ael: Again in the UK, we have a distinct sort of outlet which supplies timber. These are generally known as timber merchants and the places where they operate are sometimes called timber yards. These are usually large areas with associated buildings housing substantial

Re: [Tagging] Builders' Merchants

2010-06-23 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 23.06.2010 11:04, ael: I have added a couple of Builders' Merchants recently, and tagged them as either hardware shops or DIY. Neither are really appropriate. A quick search on the wiki didn't turn anything up. Is there an existing tag? If not, is building_supplies more easily understood

Re: [Tagging] highway=services

2010-05-28 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 28.05.2010 03:05, John Smith: On 28 May 2010 09:58, Craig Wallacecraig...@fastmail.fm wrote: Some of them are also mapped with a short way tagged as highway=service (not highway=services !), to connect it to the main road. highway=service is already used to indicate a type of

[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - (Seafood shop)

2010-05-20 Thread Claudius Henrichs
No changes during RFC phase. The voting on the seafood shop is now open: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/seafood_shop Claudius ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] Parking Lots

2010-05-15 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Am 15.05.2010 19:18, Serge Wroclawski: 2) We fix the definition of parking and change the renderer. Redefining an established tag won't work. How will you ensure that the remaining... hundreds of thousands of occurances of amenity=parking comply to your new definition? So you should

[Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - shop:seafood (was: A shop selling fish and seafood)

2010-05-05 Thread Claudius Henrichs
Please feel free to view and comment on this proposal for shop:seafood http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/seafood_shop Claudius Am 05.05.2010 15:09, Peteris Krisjanis: While discussing this, can we create proposal page for shop=seafood?

[Tagging] A shop selling fish and seafood

2010-04-30 Thread Claudius Henrichs
I'm trying to get some input on how to tag a shop selling fish and seafood from some english speaking users. Currently there are: shop=fish shop=fishmonger shop=seafood shop=sea_food I would tend to use shop=seafood but users on talk-de argued that this does not cover sweetwater