I found it hard to pull out usage of "1/2" through taginfo, but was able to search for usage of the UTF-8 version (½): https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=%C2%BD#values It's used very few times (~200) and many are by the same user, which seems like more argument against using UTF-8.
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:17 AM, James <james2...@gmail.com> wrote: > so far the fractions I've seen are ½ and ¾ and ¼. On phones it's very easy > to input fraction in unicode(press and hold the numerical value of the > numerator: 1 for ½, ¼ or 2 for ⅔), but I agree that dealing with Bom of > UTF-8 usually ends up being messed up and is why I'm asking what the norm > for OSM is > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2018, 12:04 PM Vladimír Slávik, <slavik.vladi...@seznam.cz> > wrote: > >> Technical: Unicode will be hard to manipulate by hand without a table of >> characters/symbols to copy from. Subsequent editors or users down the chain >> of tools will break it. Most prominently, search may break, because users >> will not know how to input 1/2. (Oh look, I just didn't, either...). >> >> Is it common to have more complicated fractions? Here we append letters >> to do the same, and I have seen places where they had to go all the way to >> "h" - which would be 1/8 for you? Or 8/8? Does unicode even have 8/8? I >> haven't been able to find a decisive answer. >> ---------- Původní e-mail ---------- >> Od: James <james2...@gmail.com> >> Komu: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools < >> tagging@openstreetmap.org> >> Datum: 12. 3. 2018 16:46:40 >> Předmět: [Tagging] Tagging fraction house numbers? >> >> https://i.imgur.com/eigT5hX_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb& >> fidelity=medium >> >> How should this be tagged in housenumber? Using unicode ( ½ ) or ASCII( >> 1/2 )? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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