On 08/05/2008 13:04, Robin Paulson wrote:
> 2008/5/8 David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> It really, really doesn't matter what the names of tags are for how the
>> system works. They might as well be wibble=wobble for the difference it
>> makes. They are useful as memory joggers, but really no more.
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 2:11 PM, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But we are where we are,
> and it would be a massive distraction to change the method
> now. (We could build translations on top of what's there now though).
[..]
> If you want to apply tags, you really, really must read the M
in British law and he did need
permission :-(
From: "Andy Robinson \(blackadder-lists\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 8 May 2008 11:56:25 BDT
To: "'Robin Paulson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Erik Johansson'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 08/05/2008 12:52, Erik Johansson wrote:
> Try not to fall in the trap of being Commonwealth centric. Tags,
> words, language are only what people think they are, the definition is
> only secondary. You wont start thinking northen cyprus is Turkish just
> because all street names have been such i
2008/5/8 David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> It really, really doesn't matter what the names of tags are for how the
> system works. They might as well be wibble=wobble for the difference it
> makes. They are useful as memory joggers, but really no more. So long as
> the meaning is understood (i.e. w
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:02 PM, David Earl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm sure in due course we'll get language specific ways of adding data, in
> which case the underlying name of the tag will be irrelevant anyway.
I think we are stuck with highway forever, because everyone want
renderable map
On 08/05/2008 11:43, Erik Johansson wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Shaun McDonald
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you don't think that brownfield and greenfield are good tags then don't
>> use them.
>
> Brownfield is a field that is brown, that means brown grass. So large
> areas of
Robin Paulson wrote:
>Sent: 07 May 2008 9:35 PM
>To: Erik Johansson
>Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] golf course marking
>
>2008/5/7 Erik Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> True, But I think landuse=brownfield should be banned, and all 300
>
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Shaun McDonald
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you don't think that brownfield and greenfield are good tags then don't
> use them.
Brownfield is a field that is brown, that means brown grass. So large
areas of grass that are brown most of the year. That's the firs
2008/5/8 Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > yes, it is a strange choice. it leads to irrationalities like
> > highway=footway and highway=cycleway
> > why we're not using right_of_way=motorway|primary|cycleway|footway|
> > and so on, i don't know
>
> Generally "right of way" is a legal
Robin Paulson wrote:
> yes, it is a strange choice. it leads to irrationalities like
> highway=footway and highway=cycleway
> why we're not using right_of_way=motorway|primary|cycleway|footway|
> and so on, i don't know
Generally "right of way" is a legal term. It defines a way by the class
of u
On 7 May 2008, at 21:34, Robin Paulson wrote:
> 2008/5/7 Erik Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> True, But I think landuse=brownfield should be banned, and all 300
>> ways tagged as such should be renamed to landuse=development &
>> demolition.
>
> it's pretty uk-centric i agree; along with a lot
2008/5/7 Erik Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> True, But I think landuse=brownfield should be banned, and all 300
> ways tagged as such should be renamed to landuse=development &
> demolition.
it's pretty uk-centric i agree; along with a lot of the tags in osm
actually, i think the whole land
On Wednesday 07 May 2008 08:10:02 Robin Paulson wrote:
> 2008/5/7 Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I am a newbie to OSM, and am trying to mark up a golf course. I have
> > gone through (and added some remarks to) the proposal here: http://
> > wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:17 AM, robin paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i mapped things that had a tag already, until i
> understood the system. then i started proposing tags
But if you never use them you are never going to understand the
problems with them. Real life mapping is so different
Erik Johansson wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> that golf course proposal looks a way off being complete, maybe wait
>> till it is resolved and passes through voting? or join in the
>> discussion and make some suggestions yourself
>
> Why wait
Erik Johansson wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> that golf course proposal looks a way off being complete, maybe wait
>> till it is resolved and passes through voting? or join in the
>> discussion and make some suggestions yourself
>
> Why wait
Erik Johansson wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> that golf course proposal looks a way off being complete, maybe wait
>> till it is resolved and passes through voting? or join in the
>> discussion and make some suggestions yourself
>
> Why wait
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Robin Paulson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> that golf course proposal looks a way off being complete, maybe wait
> till it is resolved and passes through voting? or join in the
> discussion and make some suggestions yourself
Why wait, if you never tag something yo
2008/5/7 Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am a newbie to OSM, and am trying to mark up a golf course. I have
> gone through (and added some remarks to) the proposal here: http://
> wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Golf_course, but
> could not understand exactly how t
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a newbie to OSM, and am trying to mark up a golf course. I have
> gone through (and added some remarks to) the proposal here: http://
> wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Golf_course, but
Hi,
I am a newbie to OSM, and am trying to mark up a golf course. I have
gone through (and added some remarks to) the proposal here: http://
wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Golf_course, but
could not understand exactly how to implement it. So I tried with
using existing k
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