Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-23 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/19/2013 11:51 PM, Masi Master wrote: > This is a bit away from the new valley & mountain discus, but has a > connection to the first mail. > Tagging should be thought-out with possible examples, if we don't want > to change the tagging or live with a bad tagging. Another example I had just y

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-18 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/17/2013 05:47 PM, Wolfgang Zenker wrote: > * fly [130817 17:13]: >> On 16.08.2013 19:05, Masi Master wrote: >>> Hmm, I'm not sure that boundary is the right tag. Isn't it a border, and >>> not an area? > >> Boundaries describe an area but you are right that they are not really >> boundaries

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-12 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/08/2013 11:54 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> I guess in this case I can simply re-use the geometry in a new relation >> with the proper valley name with type=multipolygon, place=region, >> region:type=valley? > > I'd use type=multipolygon natural=valley I'm still not satisfied with type=

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/07/2013 10:19 PM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: >> Similarly, we have areas for entire mountain groups, which are >> fundamental for a topographic map in the alps. Again, the boundaries of >> such areas are not so important, but it's mostly used as an indication >> for the name placement. > > na

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/08/2013 08:56 AM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: > On 08.08.2013 01:24, Pieren wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Friedrich >> Volkmann wrote: >>> It should rather be a type=collection relation. >> >> I really hate "type=collection". One of the worst idea in OSM. All >> relations are coll

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/08/2013 07:15 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> Though for places without actual physical attributes, place=location >> sounds reasonable. > > thing is that place=locality is very generic, you don't get additional > information what the name refers to, especially if tagged on a node Unders

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-08 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/07/2013 10:19 PM, Friedrich Volkmann wrote: > On 06.08.2013 15:51, Yuri D'Elia wrote: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/45.2466/6.0866 >> >> which has been tagged with a multipoligon relation. >> Unfortunately, the relation has some problems: >> &g

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-06 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/06/2013 07:04 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > For other areas other data types might be more adequate: > Some years ago on the German ML there was this interesting idea to define > (fuzzy) areas (e.g. lower scale topographic regions like "the European > Alps"). You put existing objects (like

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-06 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/06/2013 04:27 PM, Yuri D'Elia wrote: > Might still be problematic. A forest, sometime lakes, rivers for sure > and many other big polygons will cross the boundary of the mountain group. > > It's kind of unfortunate, because a mountain group will span across > it

Re: [Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-06 Thread Yuri D';Elia
On 08/06/2013 04:14 PM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > 2013/8/6 Yuri D'Elia >> Similarly, we have areas for entire mountain groups, which are >> fundamental for a topographic map in the alps. Again, the boundaries of >> such areas are not so important, but it's mostly u

[Tagging] Tagging of topographic areas with a name

2013-08-06 Thread Yuri D';Elia
Hi everyone. I'm in the alps, and I've been mapping some areas in the region. I have two questions regarding tagging where I couldn't find a decent consensus on the wiki. There are many areas in the region that go by a specific name. I have two cases where a group of lakes (as a whole) is known b