Re: [Talk-GB] Whether to tag/best tag for an unofficial name?

2017-06-04 Thread David Woolley
On 04/06/17 23:07, Warin wrote: Why are people so reluctant to contact another mapper? I think that is because they expect a "mind your own business" response, in which case there is no casting vote available. ___ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@opens

Re: [Talk-GB] Whether to tag/best tag for an unofficial name?

2017-06-04 Thread Warin
On 05-Jun-17 02:43 AM, Adam Snape wrote: Yep, the name tag is only for the name. Any other details should be a tagged separately. It might be worth contacting the user as he is a prolific editor and continues to use the name tag for descriptions egs. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/49802997

Re: [Talk-GB] Whether to tag/best tag for an unofficial name?

2017-06-04 Thread Adam Snape
Yep, the name tag is only for the name. Any other details should be a tagged separately. It might be worth contacting the user as he is a prolific editor and continues to use the name tag for descriptions egs. https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/498029973 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24597

Re: [Talk-GB] Whether to tag/best tag for an unofficial name?

2017-06-04 Thread Matt Ellery
Hi, On a semi-related topic, I've noticed that one particular mapper has been using the name tag to include extra information in my area, usually in parentheses e.g. http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/pvI Am I right to think that this is generally frowned upon? The mapper seems to have moved on for now,