On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Isn't that what a map is? Some kind of look-up service for the real >> world? > > There is a layer of interpretation in the middle, that's the crucial > difference.
I don't know what you mean. That tags have definitions? > Some people on these lists think that we should just store random facts at a > very fine-grained level, and that some future renderers and routers will > magically be able to make sense of the mess. Close - rather, I think that we should just store VERIFIABLE facts at a very fine-grained level, and that some future renderers and routers will CONSISTENTLY be able to make sense of the DATA. > I believe that the people best > equipped to make sense of the facts are those entering them into the > database, reducing the burden on present and future software developers. Again, I don't know what you mean. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
