Liz <ed...@...> writes: > Rather than change now, which doesn't represent what we have on the map > I was intending to hold changes until something came out of the general > discussion which is finally settling down to analysis of the arguments and > the real reasons for dispute > > so could you revert that please John?
I second that. <My opinion> I know it's a wiki, and we have all seen arbitrary changes made to it by users who think they are making changes for the better (it seems a lot of the early mappers from the Talk mailing list think the wiki is a waste of time for this very reason). We have had the previous definition up on the Au tagging page for a long time, I know all my mapping has been based on that. I find it weird that someone brings up on the mailing list saying that the German's are tagging like X (contary to the wiki def), no one seems to comment much on the list, then the tagging guidelines are changed while we have thousands/millions? of ways mapped the previous way!! I'd expect lots of discussion/time & consensus from more that a few usuals for such a massive change. There are a lot of Au mappers that are very active that don't comment or even follow the Au mailing list (I know I didn't for the first year, the Au list didn't seem too active, unlike now where it is going off tap). Also I agree with Liz over the "Non-existant streets" issue, how can we possibly put anything on the map that mentions copyright sources, by definition it has to be copyright. I just had a look at the section "What happens if another map says a road exists but isn't really there?" John added to the Au guidelines page. It seems to say never copy copyrighted maps (good) and a list of things that would be done normally as part of "map what's on the ground". I see these as redundant as they are mentioned elsewhere, therefore I think it should be reverted. I'm not a big fan of the implication to look at other copyrighted maps as reference, I think writing that down could lead us down a very grey path. </My opinion> Of course, my opinions won't keep me warm at night :-) BlueMM _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
