I think that you are both (Steve, Russ) right. If something is mapped for the first time (and documented on wiki) it is not really a standard. If someone else finds it and uses it it becomes one (the more people use it - the more standard :)). If someone finds it and disagrees he should challenge it or document alternative but not ignore it. After a time it is likely that some (one) standard evolves. That would be quite not possible when nobody would document whatever they map before there is a consensual standard. LM_1
2012/6/2 Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com>: > Steve Bennett writes: > > Again, I'm surprised this discussion needs to be had, but there is > > clearly very poor shared understanding of what the wiki is for and how > > to use it. It seems obvious to me that the wiki is to document > > *shared* understanding of mapping standards. > > I think you have that almost right but significantly wrong. The wiki > is to *share* understanding of mapping standards. Your purpose > definition implies to me that there is agreement that an X that is Y > will be mapped as X=Y. > > But just as Inuits have several names for "snow" depending on its > qualities, so may people in different parts of the world have > different names for what you consider to be the same Y. For example, I > consider "surface=gravel" to be "gravel". You know, those rounded > rocks about the size of a pea which come from a riverbank. But many > rail-trails have a surface which is ground-up rocks about the size of > tapioca or smaller, called "rock dust". You wouldn't have me map > rail-trails as surface=gravel, would you? That would be more like the > ballast that's left behind after the tracks are pulled up. > > That's why it's important for each of us to *document* how we > map. Because if nothing else, in the process of doing so, we will > actually take the time to RTFW to see what tags really mean. :-) > > -- > --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com > Crynwr supports open source software > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
