Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Erik Johansson wrote: >> pat=patuqutaujuq ==> natural=snow >> pat=patuqun ==> natural=snow >> pat=patpat ==> natural=snow > > Ah, the old story about the various Inuit names for snow, isn't it. > > How about > > natural=snow > snow=slush > snow=sleet > snow=blizzard > snow=drift > snow=white-out > snow=flurry > snow=powder > snow=dusting > snow=hardpack > snow=crust > > if you're looking for diversity. - All these should, of course, ideally > take the form of multiple tags, with one first saying "there is snow" > and then, in a second or third tag, say something about where it came > from, where it goes to, how much there is, how cold it is, and whether > or not it has dog pee traces in it.
I know this was a bit tongue in cheek, but with the ski season for the north with us, up to date maps showing the show conditions are probably of interest to a lot of people. I'm certainly not one of them, but why should snow maps be any different to cycling or 'in-line skating' ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
