On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On 09/30/2011 08:36 PM, Mike N wrote: >>> >>> Really? Are there people who say "I'd rather not map because there is no >>> consensus on the roads tagging"? Are those people the 20,000 missing >>> mappers in the US? >> >> It is more like "I don't see anyone using the map except for Skobbler, >> so why should I invest my time?" And what are the obstacles to usage? >> inconsistent tagging. > > Yes,but are the only meaningful uses of the map really those that depend on > cross-state consistent road tagging? I find that hard to believe. > > And even if it were so - it may be that Greece and Norway are different > countries, and they certainly have different authorities responsible for > road naming and design, but you can simply grab your car and go from Greece > to Norway without even having to show an ID to anybody - and yet nobody in > Greece has claimed that inconsistent road tagging within Europe was an > obstacle to usage.
If every state in the US had its own consistent tagging scheme, that might be a valid analogy. However, that's not the case. There's no reason that a US chapter can't working on a tagging scheme which has nuances specific to each of the states. In fact, I would think that a consistent US-wide tagging scheme necessarily *would* have differences between states. I assume by "consistent" we mean "compatible", not "identical". On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Peter Dobratz <pe...@dobratz.us> wrote: > Yes, OSMF US shouldn't mandate a certain tagging scheme, but they > could certainly help to facilitate a consensus among the community. No one can mandate a certain tagging scheme. However, OSMF US (or any other group of editors) *could* come up with a well thought out, consistent tagging scheme, implement stylesheets and/or scripts to make that tagging scheme work in Mapnik, and then map it in a few wide-ranging example areas. I guess you could call that "facilitating a consensus". But it's not what came to mind when I first heard that phrase. The tagging scheme in the US is inconsistent. Patches welcome. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us