> It's not a contradiction, it's a proposal. So please move it to the “Proposal/” namespace.
2015-04-03 8:01 GMT, Lukas Sommer <[email protected]>: > The default unit is _not_ always “meters”. There are tags where the > default unit is “meters” (e. g. width) and there are others where the > default unit is “kilometers” (e. g. distance). > > “Centimeters” isn’t in the current list of accepted units at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features/Units. > >> A wide variety of formats are acceptable: > > The list that is following this statement doesn’t contain “km”. It > seems to be only a list of some non-mandatory examples. So the > statement sound like it’s up to the mapper to choose whatever unit he > likes (and software has to find its way to deal with this situation). > And that’s a very bad idea. We need a _defined_ list of accepted > units. The worst thing we can do is promote that everybody uses > whatever unit (and abbriviation) he wants. Map_Features/Units has such > a list, and I see no reason to invalidate this. > > I think this template should or be deleted or be changed to reflect > exactly what Map_Features/Units says. (But probably even a direct link > to Map_Features/Units would be easier and clearer – so I don’t see any > need for this template.) > > > 2015-04-03 6:49 GMT, Martin Vonwald <[email protected]>: >> This contradicts in many cases our current page >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features/Units >> * The use of "meters" is discouraged >> * "cm" should not be used generally, maybe only on some specific tags >> * There should always be a space in front of the unit >> * Neither "feet" nor "inches" should be used, use <feet>'<inch>" instead >> * It is not discouraged to not include the default unit >> >> regards, >> Martin >> >> >> >> >> 2015-04-03 7:21 GMT+02:00 Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]>: >> >>> To try and make unit description consistent here is a proposed template. >>> This would apply to tags like ele, est_width, circumference, height, >>> width, maxwidth, minwidth, distance. A separate table could be made for >>> speed & weight. >>> >>> Use as follows: >>> {{Unit_Tagging_Length|tag_name|furlongs}} >>> >>> The template is defined at: >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:Unit_Tagging_Length >>> >>> Other unit pages include: >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Units >>> >>> ------------------ >>> This particular summary promotes the notion of "human centred tagging", >>> with parsers left to make conversion to computer readable units. It >>> also >>> promotes explicit numbers (e.g. 20 m) over implicit ones ( e.g. 20 ). >>> Given the variety of unit styles already in the database, this seems to >>> be >>> the most pragmatic approach. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Lukas Sommer > -- Lukas Sommer _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
