On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 18:59 +0200, Matthijs Melissen wrote: > On 30 September 2013 18:22, fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Major problem I find is that using a abbreviation is not the > way we tag > in OSM and it is often misleading. > > > We do use abbreviations for keys/values: for example mtb, bmx, hgv, > psv, url, rcn.
Those are mostly familiar terms, where the abbreviation is better known than the actual words. BMX and URL in particular. I do not know MTB or RCN are however. > > > In this particular case, I think more people have familiarity with the > abbreviation than with the full term, so I see here nothing wrong with > sticking to the abbreviation. Or are you proposing to start using > uniform_resource_locator as well? Outside of the medical profession I doubt anyone has heard the term AED. I certainly hadn't until I saw it in this thread. There may be some familiarity with them within factories, we have some at work. Then again I work for a large company with a strong health and safety culture, and a large number of employees to split the cost over. Outside of factories and the like, they are still very rare. I know of one, in Loppington, a small North Shropshire village, but thats because I am an observant mapper. It has a numerical keylock on it, so imagine that maybe you phone 999 and ask for the code? I have never seen one anywhere else, and yes I have looked and keep my eyes open. Most people will not be aware such things even exist. Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging