Re: [OSM-talk] Software configuration | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
11 Apr 2019, 01:14 by yuriastrak...@gmail.com: > * easy to edit by community > I am dubious whatever "anybody canedit any preset stored as wikidata items" will be considered as benefit > , track changes, and fix/revert in case of an error > All of that is easier with current  method of keeping the

Re: [OSM-talk] Software configuration | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 5:04 PM Rory McCann wrote: > In JOSM, people, or groups, can make their own tagging presets. AFAIK iD > unfortunately doesn't have this feature. If it did, the iD version on > openstreetmap.org could be configured to something special, people could > have their personal ta

Re: [OSM-talk] Software configuration | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Jóhannes Birgir Jensson
iD seems to have this feature via MapRules: https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/5617 10. apríl 2019 kl. 21:08, skrifaði "Rory McCann" : > On 07.04.19 14:43, John Whelan wrote: > >> Tagging is not always easy, but I do have concerns when iD is so >> commonly used but the recommended tags

[OSM-talk] Software configuration | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Rory McCann
On 07.04.19 14:43, John Whelan wrote: Tagging is not always easy, but I do have concerns when iD is so commonly used but the recommended tags do not align with OpenStreetMap I'll say normals. Specifically one of my concerns is a semi-detached house is not recognised in iD only the more genera

Re: [OSM-talk] iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread yves
The iD editor team has made a tremendous job so far, and it's probably because some people working together tightly have come up with good ideas, and this is good. However, when such an idea become controversial, it would be good practice  to reach out openly with the wider community and other e

Re: [OSM-talk] Dialects of English | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Yuri Astrakhan
Excellent point Rory, thx. We can already enter tag description in data items in many English variants, e.g. Patois or Canadian or even Old English :), and iD editor will automatically get the right one when showing tag info. There is now a discussion on how to region-limit tags too (this is differ

Re: [OSM-talk] Dialects of English | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Volker Schmidt
I don't think there is a solution this, except better localization of > software. Or we all just switch to Esperanto or Irish or something. > Esperanto is a solution, and we use it in OSM, only that OSM's Esperanto is British English Volker ___ talk mai

Re: [OSM-talk] Dialects of English | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Yves
Please note that ID make a pretty good job in localization. I'd say that to influence tags meaning, the Transifex tasks, open to any contributors, is a more powerful tool than iD code and pressets. Yves___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https:

[OSM-talk] Dialects of English | Re: iD influencing tagging

2019-04-10 Thread Rory McCann
A better example might be "college", which has different meanings in different dialects of English, or "gallon" or "football" I don't think there is a solution this, except better localization of software. Or we all just switch to Esperanto or Irish or something. If you want real fun, just talk