Re: [OSM-talk] Undiscussed (?) edits removing lesser-used highway=* tags

2015-11-09 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-11-09 7:39 GMT+01:00 GerdP : > I only know a discussion in Germany which came to the > conclusion that tags like unclassified_link, residential_link and > service_link make not much sense: > http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=26083 > The wiki doesn't mention those _link types as

[OSM-talk] WG: Undiscussed (?) edits removing lesser-used highway=* tags

2015-11-09 Thread Gerd Petermann
I just noticed that I forgot to set the list on cc, see below. Gerd Von: Gerd Petermann Gesendet: Montag, 9. November 2015 10:03 An: Martin Koppenhoefer Betreff: AW: [OSM-talk] Undiscussed (?) edits removing lesser-used highway=* tags "a link "links" (connect

Re: [OSM-talk] Undiscussed (?) edits removing lesser-used highway=* tags

2015-11-09 Thread Andrew Guertin
On 11/09/2015 01:39 AM, GerdP wrote: Andrew Guertin wrote As a negative example, they seem to have deemed the tag highway=residential_link bad, and replaced it with either highway=service or highway=residential. (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/18820600/history, https://www.openstreetmap.org/w

[OSM-talk] highway=residential_link

2015-11-09 Thread Andrew Guertin
A question recently came up as to whether highway=residential_link is a meaningful tag or whether uses of it should be changed to some other value (like highway=residential or highway=service). This tag has no description in the wiki, though it is analogous to the other highway=*_link types de

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=residential_link

2015-11-09 Thread Andrew Guertin
Oops, this was supposed to go to tagging... ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Undiscussed (?) edits removing lesser-used highway=* tags

2015-11-09 Thread Simon Poole
As i already pointed out, the problem is not so much fixing obvious mistakes (typos, clear misclassification) thank you for that, but wanting conformity to inconclusive results of discussions on a fairly obscure mailing list. One of the great strengths of OSM is that you can invent tagging on the