Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Amenity key

2010-10-23 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:09 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: everything can be something you might want to navigate to, so this is a bad definition IMHO. The fact that categories are used as keys is a bad design. So, whatever.

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Amenity key

2010-10-22 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/21 Sean Horgan seanhor...@gmail.com: The definition of such a tag/key that is so common the database (3+% according to taginfo: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/amenity), needs more than a single line definition. Why? The shorter the definition, the better. The definitions should

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Amenity key

2010-10-22 Thread Nathan Edgars II
There are two types of thing that use the amenity tag: Small objects that are usually inside others, like water fountains and post boxes Larger objects that may take up entire lots, like schools and restaurants Perhaps it would make sense to treat these differently?

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Amenity key

2010-10-22 Thread Sean Horgan
A short definition is great but I think the wiki page could use a little more explanation *after* the definition, e.g. some examples, references to supporting sources like wikipedia. I also think that it is worth mentioning and linking to pertinent mail archive threads on the use of the tag as

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Amenity key

2010-10-22 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/22 Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com: There are two types of thing that use the amenity tag: Small objects that are usually inside others, like water fountains and post boxes Larger objects that may take up entire lots, like schools and restaurants Perhaps it would make sense to

Re: [OSM-talk] [Tagging] Amenity key

2010-10-22 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/10/22 Sean Horgan seanhor...@gmail.com: A short definition is great but I think the wiki page could use a little more explanation *after* the definition, e.g. some examples, references to supporting  sources like wikipedia. while it is convenient to link to wikipedia I don't like the