Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread Warin
On 16/1/20 9:24 am, 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk wrote: maybe i asked it wrong, there is no way per say, it is a land fill and there is something on the top, but to the tracers looking at bing it looks flat but it is a big mountain, on the one hand or a big hole in the case of an reintion dry pond

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread Joseph Eisenberg
It would be helpful to link the the particular objects in the database or places which you are thinking about. > it is a land fill and there is something on the top If it is a landfill with a high, flat top and steep slopes on each side, it would be appropriate to use a closed way around the edge

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread Wayne Emerson, Jr. via talk
An area is just a way, where the endpoint connects to the starting point. In the iD editor, if you select a way and look closely, you should see that the middle of each line segment has a small triangle that indicates the direction of the way. Since the right side of the way is the low side, an

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk
maybe i asked it wrong, there is no way per say, it is a land fill and there is something on the top, but to the   tracers looking at bing it looks flat but it is a big mountain, on the one hand or a big hole in the case   of an reintion dry pond   in the case of a road, on the top of a mound or

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread Warin
On 16/1/20 3:25 am, 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk wrote: What does this mean ? “should be tagged on a way drawn with the*_/lower side on right side/_*of way direction” https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dembankment Like cliffs, embankments have a low side and a high side. An OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread Pierre Béland via talk
I think that there is a miss-conception here. If you want to talk about the wall the retains the earth, this is the dyke. The embankment is more then a wall and is at least as large as the road and made of resistant material.  The wiki pages https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:embankment and

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread Yves
You should have read "right side of way" : it's the side on your right when you follow the way in its direction. Yves Le 15 janvier 2020 17:59:42 GMT+01:00, Paul Johnson a écrit : >On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:28 AM 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk < >talk@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > >> What does this m

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:28 AM 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk < talk@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > What does this mean ? > > “should be tagged on a way drawn with the *lower side on right side* of > way direction” > The downhill side of the embankment is to the right of the way. ___

Re: [OSM-talk] Tag:man_made=embankment

2020-01-15 Thread 80hnhtv4agou--- via talk
What does this mean ?   “ should be tagged on a way drawn with the   lower side on right side   of way direction”   https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dembankment___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Deleting template parameters copied to data items

2020-01-15 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Wednesday 15 January 2020, pang...@riseup.net wrote: > Hi Christoph > Could you please comment on the wiki instead? I could but at this point i don't think this would be very productive. You have made it clear from the very beginning that you want to decide on this within the realms of the O

Re: [OSM-talk] Deleting template parameters copied to data items

2020-01-15 Thread Joseph Eisenberg
We are aware how the wiki data items were created and populated by bot. > This suggestion would not change anything other than grabbing information > from the item. This would also mean that if someone wants to add information > it would best be done on the item. These two sentences are contrad

Re: [OSM-talk] Deleting template parameters copied to data items

2020-01-15 Thread pangose
Hi Christoph Could you please comment on the wiki instead? I never saw you on the wiki, so I'm not surprised to see that your opinion is not voiced there at all to my knowledge. To the casual scroll-by reader who is not familiar with how the wiki works: as of now there is a bot who keeps the da

Re: [OSM-talk] Deleting template parameters copied to data items

2020-01-15 Thread Christoph Hormann
On Wednesday 15 January 2020, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > PangoSE started "Transition to use data items when this can be done > without loosing information" discussion at > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Wiki#Transition_to_use_data_ >items_when_this_can_be_done_without_loosing_information

[OSM-talk] Deleting template parameters copied to data items

2020-01-15 Thread Mateusz Konieczny
PangoSE started "Transition to use data items when this can be done without loosing information" discussion at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Wiki#Transition_to_use_data_items_when_this_can_be_done_without_loosing_information