Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-21 Thread Ed Loach
I wrote: From that I've so far used amenity=dog_bin d replied: I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to use or where you put your used dogs? :/ I'm not sure whether this is tongue in cheek, or where you are, but in the UK (or at least this bit of it) it is an offence for dog

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-21 Thread D Tucny
2008/12/21 Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk I wrote: From that I've so far used amenity=dog_bin d replied: I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to use or where you put your used dogs? :/ I'm not sure whether this is tongue in cheek, or where you are, but in the UK (or at

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-21 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 12:50 PM, D Tucny d...@tucny.com wrote: I've never heard of them called dog bins before... There was a certain amount on tongue in cheek in my reply... A waste bin is for putting waste in, a waste paper basket is for putting waste paper in, a recycling bin is for

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-21 Thread Dave Stubbs
2008/12/20 Simon Ward si...@bleah.co.uk: On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:42:01PM +0200, Nic Roets wrote: On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Erik Johansson erjo...@gmail.com wrote: Why do people use _ instead of , seems very cumbersome really. Because * it's been an OSM convention (standard) since

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-21 Thread OJ W
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:25 PM, elvin ibbotson elvin.ibbot...@poco.org.uk wrote: I was taught that apostrophes should be used in two cases: to indicate a missing letter and to indicate possession, The 3rd common usage being to catch anyone who forgets about escaping in their parser or when

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-20 Thread Ed Loach
A late reply, triggered by some mapping today and the discussion about new shops/amenities. Dave wrote: They're bins. In England at least you'd talk about rubbish bins (1), or just bins (12), but I don't think we've really paid much attention to mapping them. I hadn't tagged bins

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-20 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 7:55 PM, Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk wrote: amenity=litter_bin I've been using amenity=waste_disposal waste=trash For these public roadside litter bins. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-20 Thread D Tucny
2008/12/21 Ed Loach e...@loach.me.uk From that I've so far used amenity=dog_bin I don't like the sound of that one... Is it for dogs to use or where you put your used dogs? :/ d ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-20 Thread Nic Roets
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Erik Johansson erjo...@gmail.com wrote: Why do people use _ instead of , seems very cumbersome really. Because * it's been an OSM convention (standard) since 2006. No one voted and the wiki wasn't locked. * many of us are programmers * it's easier to spot

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-12-20 Thread Simon Ward
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:42:01PM +0200, Nic Roets wrote: On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Erik Johansson erjo...@gmail.com wrote: Why do people use _ instead of , seems very cumbersome really. Because * it's been an OSM convention (standard) since 2006. No one voted and the wiki wasn't

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-31 Thread Mark Williams
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Browet wrote: It's fairly standard usage, you see a doctor at the doctors, a butcher runs the butchers. There should really be an apostrophe in there I think, ie: the butcher's shop, the doctor's surgery. But that's not

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-31 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Mark Williams wrote: The apostrophe is not correct anyway. It denotes a missed letter, in this word-position it would be 'doctor is', as opposed to the non-apostrophe version meaning 'belong to the the doctor' or plural doctors. Heehee, don't get me started. doctor's is the appropriate

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-31 Thread Andy Allan
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Dave Stubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: grammar-fascist The apostrophe is not correct anyway. It denotes a missed letter, in this word-position it would be 'doctor is', as opposed to the non-apostrophe version meaning 'belong to the the doctor' or plural doctors.

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-31 Thread Dave Stubbs
grammar-fascist The apostrophe is not correct anyway. It denotes a missed letter, in this word-position it would be 'doctor is', as opposed to the non-apostrophe version meaning 'belong to the the doctor' or plural doctors. I think you're thinking of its as in the news group

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-31 Thread elvin ibbotson
From: Mark Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 31 October 2008 07:21:30 GMT To: Chris Browet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: OSM-Talk talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-29 Thread Erik Johansson
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Lars Francke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: waste_basket (150) is something I find useful, too. God knows how Why do people use _ instead of , seems very cumbersome really. -- /emj ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Dave Stubbs wrote: Trash is the American version of rubbish. In line with recent remarks about places nobody wants to map... trailer trash would be caravan rubbish then? ;-) Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## N49°00'09 E008°23'33

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-29 Thread Chris Browet
It's fairly standard usage, you see a doctor at the doctors, a butcher runs the butchers. There should really be an apostrophe in there I think, ie: the butcher's shop, the doctor's surgery. But that's not really how people think of it. Just stick both on and point out everyone else's bad

Re: [OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to Map Features based on tag usage

2008-10-28 Thread Lars Francke
I've added some values to the Map Features amenity section (with the times used): - 2320 bench (used a LOT more than park_bench - only 1100 times) - 1485 shelter - 351 emergency_phone I hesitated to add other values where I was unclear about ... I wonder why there is a amenity=veterinary