Re: [Tagging] Difference between "yes" and "designated" in access tags (was: Re: How to Tag Steps in a Bridleway)

2024-04-30 Thread Jass Kurn
On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 23:57, Andy Townsend wrote: > In terms of access rights*, I've always thought that (in England and > Wales**) "yes" and "designated" mean both "a legal right to access", as > opposed to "permissive" that means "you can go there, but that right can be > removed by the landow

Re: [Tagging] How to Tag Steps in a Bridleway

2024-04-29 Thread Jass Kurn
On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 10:03, Peter Neale via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > It is "bicycles=yes" and not "bicycles=designated" because, for a > bridleway https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbridleway > "Cyclists also have a right, unless the local authority makes or

Re: [Tagging] clootie trees/ rag trees

2024-03-05 Thread Jass Kurn
Trees with cloth ornaments are common in the southwest of England, an area with a celtic background. Much of what I've heard is already written down in the Wikipedia page for Clootie_Well . Usually they are small stand out trees, in a woodland setting near a spring or well. I've heard them named as

Re: [Tagging] Deprecation proposal: man_made=drinking_fountain

2022-10-05 Thread Jass Kurn
On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 at 12:48, ael via Tagging wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2022 at 10:46:39AM +, martianfreeloader wrote: > > As a native British English speaker I had never heard of a "bubbler". > As others have said, I would have called that a drinking_fountian. > I really don't understand why s

Re: [Tagging] Deprecation proposal: man_made=drinking_fountain

2022-10-04 Thread Jass Kurn
I can not agree with deleting this tag while the rest of the tagging for drinking water is such a mess. It feels as if you're concentrating on an ant in the corner of the room while ignoring the dancing elephant in the middle of the room. Do feel it should eventually be deleted, but as part of sor