2009/10/9 Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org>:
> Hi,
>
> Matt Amos wrote:
>>> 1) Just map.
>>> 2) Use existing keys if you can.
>>> 3) Use existing tags if you can.
>>> 4) If you used a tag that isn't in the wiki, document your use of the
>>> tag, so that other people won't use your tag to mean something else.
>>
>> this is awesome advice.
>
> If there's one thing I could add, even though it is kind of implied by
> the above:
>
> (5) Never ever invent a tag that you don't have a concrete use for.
>
> We already have too many computer people who get carried away by thought
> experiements ("yes but if the spot where the road and railway intersect
> also happens to be a station and have a traffic light and a river
> flowing underneath, what are you going to do THEN????????").
>Welcome to the real world where that actually happens. (Or something very close) Peter _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
