John Smith wrote: > 2009/9/28 Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com>: > > >> The database on its own is useless. It needs to be represented in some >> manner such as a visual map. To tag randomly ie 'tag whatever you want & >> let the renderers sort it out' seems illogical & counter productive. >> > > It's more of a case of converting the real world into a database > format that can then be rendered, or used some how by software. > Hi John
Isn't that what I said in the first sentence? > However there is a fine line about tagging what you see and tagging > what you expect to see on a map. The rendering software should > implement your expectations, you shouldn't have to do anything > specifically for one piece of software so your expectations are met. > > > I'm not saying we should bend over backwards in our tagging to ensure it will immediately render in all the different rendering flavours, but to tag without /any/ consideration for multitude of uses OSM could be used for is, I think, lazy, selfish & bordering on the arrogant. I mentioned this Source tag before: "GPS (drove down there by mistake)" How, & why, would a renderer be expected to spend time incorporating this & the many like it, that, not surprisingly , have a count of only 1? Cheers Dave F. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
