Fuzzy boundaries do have their place. Currently we use sharp boundaries for landuse, but often the boundary is really fuzzy. A wooded area would be a good example of a where a fuzzy boundary might be employed. But the fuzziness of a wooded area may only be a few meters. The fuzziness of "Shakespeare Country" is completely different.
I agree that there are advantages to including fuzzy boundaries, but we should first document how to tag these features. On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > If we can't mark polygons as fuzzy, then we can only allow 'accurate' > polygons. Then we are back to square one, with no way of accommodating > these regions except for a simple node. > > I think the problem is clear (how do we represent regions whose boundaries > are not precisely defined). Time to talk about solutions. > > The status quo is without any guidelines, possibly leading to random > creativity according to the whim of the mapper concerned. > > Another option is to not do it, to say such things have no place in OSM, > and actively reject any attempt to do so (i.e. if anyone dares to put "Pays > de Bray" or "Shakespeare Country" into OSM, the objects will be deleted and > the mapper admonished). > > > Or we go for the single-node approach, and lose out on any clues about the > extent of the area concerned. > > Or we accept "best-guess" polygons with "incremental refinement." > > Any offers? > > //colin > > On 2016-03-27 21:36, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > > sent from a phone > > Am 27.03.2016 um 21:16 schrieb Anders Fougner <anders.foug...@gmail.com>: > > Did you already consider a fuzzy tag (such as fuzzy=yes or > boundary_fuzzy=yes)? > > > > that's a makeshift which isn't quite elegant and still has similar > problems (things that seem to be in might be out and vice versa). > > > cheers, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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