2014-10-07 15:56 GMT+02:00 Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com>:
> Hi Martin, regarding the wiki page, I'm assuming you're talking about > Frankthetankk's edits? I'm not seeing what the issue is. Could you clarify > what change you see as disputable? sorry for taking that long to respond, I've been on vacation with reduced internet access ;-) I think the classification system that was introduced is arbitrary and has some issues. Some examples: "vegetation related" contains at least the following objects that don't fit IMHO. Of course you can relate everything to "vegetation" (either there will be some kind, or there won't) but that doesn't make this automatically a logical class. - fell (bad tag anyway, word has different meanings and seems to be used only in a limited regional context in the way that it is defined, the description requires "principally covered with grass" but the main qualifier seems to be that it is a "high lying" landscape). - moor - is characterized by the humidity and acidic soils and the elevation level, not the vegetation - heath (is about certain soils) - mud (this is about the grain size of minerals and the amount of moisture) - sand (this is about the grain size of minerals) - stone (this is about freestanding stones! Really nothing to do with vegetation) - wetland (is about the amount of water in the ground) "water related" and "mountains related": completely arbitrary, you'll find water in the mountains, springs in the mountains, vegetation in the mountains, vegetation in and near the water, etc. "mountains related" - a cave doesn't have to be in the mountains - a cliff doesn't have to be in the mountains - a "glacier" is water related and temperature related, but it doesn't require mountains - a rock can't only be found in the mountains - a volcano isn't "mountain related" (always) I think the inconsistencies are so significant that there is no point in trying to "correct" these, and there is no advantage in having this arbitrary structure instead of a long list. cheers, Martin
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