Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-28 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/28 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net how do you define main area? Aren't the shafts vertical access / ventilation shafts that lead to the inner mine? IMHO that defines them as part of the mine (and indicates that they should be comprised). The main area is the area where all the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/24 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net: - In the forum somebody has suggested to add a tag for the name of the mine the mineshaft belongs to. At first I thought this would be the same as operator, but actually it is not. So which tag would be appropriate? mine=...? to associate the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/21 Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de: Dave F.: However, I believe that using a common key instead of disused/construction/abandoned/...=yes and distinguishing these using different *values* would have been the better alternative. Common Key? Can you give an example? If you mean

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-27 Thread Lesi
2009/10/24 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net: - In the forum somebody has suggested to add a tag for the name of the mine the mineshaft belongs to. At first I thought this would be the same as operator, but actually it is not. So which tag would be appropriate? mine=...? to associate the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-27 Thread Lesi
Some questions: - Do you think it is better to use a namespaced tag (mineshaft:type) or a normal tag (mineshaft_type)? In the current proposal the first one is used. But looking at other features i think that in this case a normal tag would be better. It's also bunker_type for example:

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-27 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/28 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net 2009/10/24 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net: - In the forum somebody has suggested to add a tag for the name of the mine the mineshaft belongs to. At first I thought this would be the same as operator, but actually it is not. So which tag would be

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-27 Thread Lesi
how do you define main area? Aren't the shafts vertical access / ventilation shafts that lead to the inner mine? IMHO that defines them as part of the mine (and indicates that they should be comprised). The main area is the area where all the bigger buildings of the mine are. An airshaft

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-23 Thread Lesi
Some questions: - Do you think it is better to use a namespaced tag (mineshaft:type) or a normal tag (mineshaft_type)? In the current proposal the first one is used. But looking at other features i think that in this case a normal tag would be better. It's also bunker_type for example:

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Ulf Lamping
Peter Childs schrieb: Yes But, If a Pub is tagged amenity=pub disused=yes The thing looks like a put (ie large pub like lables) hence works relatively well as a land mark, it just happens to be closed and does not sell Beer anymore. Its still useful if its a landmark. same as a

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread John Smith
2009/10/21 Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com: A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing building (e.g. in a forest) near a larger city, which is not that uncommon in germany. If you stand in front of it, you'll now this once was a cafe.

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Gustav Foseid
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.comwrote: A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing building (e.g. in a forest) near a larger city, which is not that uncommon in germany. Is it a cafe? No. Should it be tagged

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Someoneelse
Ulf Lamping wrote: A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing building (e.g. in a forest) near a larger city, which is not that uncommon in germany. Whether you think it's still a café (or a pub) or not might depend on how hungry or thirsty you

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Ulf Lamping
Someoneelse schrieb: Ulf Lamping wrote: A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing building (e.g. in a forest) near a larger city, which is not that uncommon in germany. Whether you think it's still a café (or a pub) or not might depend on

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Someoneelse
Ulf Lamping wrote: What part of former cafe is it that don't you understand? Well, amenity=former_cafe I certainly DO understand. I thought that you were arguing in favour of the construct further up the thread: amenity=pub disused=yes To my mind a pub that doesn't serve beer some of the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 21 Oct 2009, at 09:44, Ulf Lamping wrote: Peter Childs schrieb: Yes But, If a Pub is tagged amenity=pub disused=yes The thing looks like a put (ie large pub like lables) hence works relatively well as a land mark, it just happens to be closed and does not sell Beer anymore. Its still

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Liz
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Ulf Lamping wrote: What part of former cafe is it that don't you understand? the disused part I understand former_cafe quite well and i wonder how we got to cafe from mineshaft ?? ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/21 Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com: Someoneelse wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Mineshaft http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Surface_Mining It would be helpful to know what people are mapping these features as currently - looking in the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing building (e.g. in a forest) near a larger city, which is not that uncommon in germany. So propose landmark=cafe. Much easier

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Someoneelse
Lesi wrote: ... There should be man_made=peak. There will be if you tag one. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal -RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread John F. Eldredge
wrongly is better than not to think at all. -- Hypatia of Alexandria -Original Message- From: Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:39:48 To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft) Lesi wrote: I

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Dave F.
Tobias Knerr wrote: Because tags like disused=yes conflict with a general principle in OSM: We don't have a fixed set of tags and mappers can invent and use their own tags, so it should be possible for software to ignore tags it doesn't know without causing problems. If I don't support

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Tobias Knerr
Dave F. wrote: I can't work out if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me, but anyway... Are you suggesting there's no exception rule for renderers?: Ignore all subsequent keys except for ones label disused or abandoned I agree that a renderer should be able to deal with tags like

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Dave F.
Tobias Knerr wrote: Dave F. wrote: I can't work out if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me, but anyway... Are you suggesting there's no exception rule for renderers?: Ignore all subsequent keys except for ones label disused or abandoned I agree that a renderer should be able to

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Tobias Knerr
Dave F.: However, I believe that using a common key instead of disused/construction/abandoned/...=yes and distinguishing these using different *values* would have been the better alternative. Common Key? Can you give an example? If you mean status=disused, I'm not sure how that get around

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Cartinus
On Wednesday 21 October 2009 15:45:49 Anthony wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing building (e.g. in a forest) near a larger city, which is not that

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Anthony
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Cartinus carti...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Wednesday 21 October 2009 15:45:49 Anthony wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com wrote: A former cafe can be helpful as a landmark as well. Especially when it's a free standing

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Russ Nelson
Gustav Foseid writes: Is it a cafe? No. Should it be tagged as a cafe? No. Clearly one could verify that the location seems to be a cafe. Thus this is not a question about whether it should be tagged, but instead how it should be tagged as a former cafe. May I suggest use of the Nelson

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-21 Thread Russ Nelson
Cartinus writes: Nobody is changing any definitions. They are just using a combination of two existing and widely used tags. Much, much easier than writing a proposal for a new tag. If it's obviously the right thing to do, then do it, and DOCUMENT IT IN THE WIKI so that other people can

[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
Hello, based on an old (abandoned) proposal and on a discussion in the German board I have created a new proposal for tagging mineshafts: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Mineshaft In addition to this proposal I would like to discuss the tag resource. In my proposal

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/20 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net Hello, based on an old (abandoned) proposal and on a discussion in the German board I have created a new proposal for tagging mineshafts: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Mineshaft In addition to this proposal I would like to

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Liz
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Peter Childs wrote: I agree standardizing on resource might be a good idea but we might need resource_output and resource_input or somthing Are you an economist? from my worldview which deals with people and biological systems i don't see an importance in designating where

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
there are mineshafts and BIG mineshafts and open cut mines and mining in english has its own language to describe the parts of the mine For open cut mines there is another draft. IMO they are something completly different. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Surface_Mining

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
how will you tag unmined deposits in such a scheme? If there is a unmined deposit, the mineshaft is not in use anymore - disused=yes lesi ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Someoneelse
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Mineshaft http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Surface_Mining It would be helpful to know what people are mapping these features as currently - looking in the UK I can see one man-made=mineshaft and no references to

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
It would be helpful to know what people are mapping these features as currently - looking in the UK I can see one man-made=mineshaft and no references to surface_mining. Do you know what people are using currently? In the area I map the mineshafts are currently not mapped at all. Also

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
and no references to surface_mining There is also landuse=quarry which can be used for surface mines. But actually they are not part of my proposal - it refers only to underground mining. lesi ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/20 Someoneelse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Mineshaft http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Surface_Mining It would be helpful to know what people are mapping these features as currently - looking in the UK I can see

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread John Smith
2009/10/20 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net: It would be helpful to know what people are mapping these features as currently - looking in the UK I can see one man-made=mineshaft and no references to surface_mining.  Do you know what people are using currently? In the area I map the mineshafts

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/20 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: There is probably a good reason only tourist attractions are mapped because you wouldn't be allowed to go near one unless you worked there, there is a mine shaft on the other side of town but I wouldn't get anywhere near it. You're missing the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread John Smith
2009/10/20 Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com: 2009/10/20 John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com: There is probably a good reason only tourist attractions are mapped because you wouldn't be allowed to go near one unless you worked there, there is a mine shaft on the other side of town

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 20 Oct 2009, at 12:05, Lesi wrote: how will you tag unmined deposits in such a scheme? If there is a unmined deposit, the mineshaft is not in use anymore - disused=yes Do NOT use something like disused=yes as a modifier, you instead need to add an extra level of indirection, so that

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
There is probably a good reason only tourist attractions are mapped because you wouldn't be allowed to go near one unless you worked there, there is a mine shaft on the other side of town but I wouldn't get anywhere near it. I know mineshaft you can get very close to (2-3m). With your

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
On 20 Oct 2009, at 12:05, Lesi wrote: how will you tag unmined deposits in such a scheme? If there is a unmined deposit, the mineshaft is not in use anymore - disused=yes Do NOT use something like disused=yes as a modifier, you instead need to add an extra level of indirection, so that

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread John Smith
2009/10/20 Lesi l...@lesi.is-a-geek.net: I know mineshaft you can get very close to (2-3m). With your argument half of the features of OSM should not be mapped e.g. historic=wreck or streets within the ground of a factory. And once again: mineshafts which have a headframe are very good points

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Shaun McDonald
On 20 Oct 2009, at 14:44, Lesi wrote: On 20 Oct 2009, at 12:05, Lesi wrote: how will you tag unmined deposits in such a scheme? If there is a unmined deposit, the mineshaft is not in use anymore - disused=yes Do NOT use something like disused=yes as a modifier, you instead need to

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Jason Cunningham
I worried that the use of language might prove to be confusing and the the buildings associated with a mine should have a separate tag. 1. Mineshaft may exist but we are going to be mapping the location mine entrances, not the tunnel leading away from the mine entrance. In the future someone may

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
1. Mineshaft may exist but we are going to be mapping the location mine entrances, not the tunnel leading away from the mineentrance. In the future someone may want to map the 'way' that the mineshaft follows especially if its a horizontal tunnel going into a hillside 2. What we want to

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC-(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
I think you are mixing up audits and mineshafts. Mineshafts always go verticaly or almost-verticaly into the ground. You are talking about adits, that is something completly different and should be dealed with in another proposal. See Wikipedia for definitions of these terms. Of course I

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC-(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
If you just add a disused=yes, pretty much nothing that works with the OSM data will recognise that it is no longer a cafe. Instead you should use something like old_amenity=cafe, or amenity=closed;closed=cafe, that way there won't be any confusion. I agree with you, but at the moment

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Liz
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Lesi wrote: The area of the mine can be tagged with landuse=industrial. Too broad a definition industrial covers too much mining is quite different a landuse heavy industry doesn't build up piles of waste (mullock heaps) and then have to rehabilitate the area in the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Liz
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Lesi wrote: Having winding gears is the main purpose of a headframe IMO. but when the mine shaft is disused the winding gear is removed ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Liz
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Someoneelse wrote: no references to surface_mining. Do you know what people are using currently? I've used quarry for an open cut mine, but it isn't appropriate for the size of feature involved. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Shaun McDonald sh...@shaunmcdonald.me.uk wrote: If you just add a disused=yes, pretty much nothing that works with the OSM data will recognise that it is no longer a cafe. But a disused mineshaft is still a mineshaft, it's just an abandoned one. As another

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC-(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Liz
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Lesi wrote: Of course I meant adit and not audit. Some people would call it a gallery. In Australia I've heard level gallery stopes and probably some other words i've forgotten ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Liz
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Jason Cunningham wrote: 4. The term Headframe is used to describe a Pit Head, which is confusing. More problems with language use. Pit Head appears to be the correct term for the building or structure. I don't claim to be an expert on mining language but pit head is the

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
but when the mine shaft is disused the winding gear is removed I can not confirm this. All disused mineshafts I know still have their winding gear, only the cables are removed. But even if the winding gear is removed you can tag with headframe=yes. Of courde, if the whole headframe is

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
how will you tag unmined deposits in such a scheme? If there is a unmined deposit, the mineshaft is not in use anymore - disused=yes. lesi I wasn't thinking of disused, i was thinking of still there, with or without a mineshaft Perhaps, my English is too bad, but I do not really

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Lesi
Underground resources can not be mapped. why not? isn't that what a geology map does? I was commenting on the resource proposal really Now I get your point. The resource-tag describes for which resource the mineshaft was built. If the mineshaft is disused, it is irrelevant if the deposits

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2009/10/20 Liz ed...@billiau.net: On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Lesi wrote:  The area of the mine can be tagged with landuse=industrial. Too broad  a definition industrial covers too much mining is quite different a landuse heavy industry doesn't build up piles of waste (mullock heaps) and then

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Dave F.
Someoneelse wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Mineshaft http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Surface_Mining It would be helpful to know what people are mapping these features as currently - looking in the UK I can see one man-made=mineshaft and

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Dave F.
Shaun McDonald wrote: If you just add a disused=yes, pretty much nothing that works with the OSM data will recognise that it is no longer a cafe. Don't map for the renderer, router etc. etc. You should be writing a post asking why they don't recognise such a widely used tag. Cheers Dave F.

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Dave F.
Lesi wrote: I was already planning to start a proposal for heaps. At the moment I use natural=peak. Not sure what to use at the moment, but they're definitely not natural. Cheers Dave F. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Shaun McDonald wrote: If you just add a disused=yes, pretty much nothing that works with the OSM data will recognise that it is no longer a cafe. Don't map for the renderer, router etc. etc. You should be writing a post

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Dave F. dave...@madasafish.com wrote: Shaun McDonald wrote: If you just add a disused=yes, pretty much nothing that works with the OSM data will recognise that it is no longer a cafe. Don't map for

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Tobias Knerr
Dave F.: Shaun McDonald wrote: If you just add a disused=yes, pretty much nothing that works with the OSM data will recognise that it is no longer a cafe. Don't map for the renderer, router etc. etc. You should be writing a post asking why they don't recognise such a widely used tag.

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Tobias Knerr o...@tobias-knerr.de wrote: Because tags like disused=yes conflict with a general principle in OSM: We don't have a fixed set of tags and mappers can invent and use their own tags, so it should be possible for software to ignore tags it doesn't

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Ulf Lamping
Anthony schrieb: Disused canal, fine. Disused railway, sure. Disused building, no problem. Disused quarry, yes. But disused cafe? A cafe is a building, or part of a building, which is *used* as a cafe. The use is part of the definition. Well, yes and no. People might remember that

Re: [OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC -(man_made=mineshaft)

2009-10-20 Thread Peter Childs
2009/10/21 Ulf Lamping ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com Anthony schrieb: Disused canal, fine. Disused railway, sure. Disused building, no problem. Disused quarry, yes. But disused cafe? A cafe is a building, or part of a building, which is *used* as a cafe. The use is part of the