2009/10/21 Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de>: > Dave F.: >>> However, I believe that using a common key instead of >>> disused/construction/abandoned/...=yes and distinguishing these using >>> different *values* would have been the better alternative. >> Common Key? Can you give an example? >> >> If you mean status=disused, I'm not sure how that get around the problem >> of ignoring all other keys. > > Yes, I mean status=*, and I'm aware that it doesn't avoid the problem - > however, the problem would have to be solved only once for all possible > status values. A check for status will filter out objects with e.g. > status=planned, too, even if only construction, disused and abandoned > were known when status was introduced.
This wouldn't be helpful either, as status could be as well "running", "working", "in use" or whatever. Why would I want to filter these out? IMHO you can only use information that you do understand, other you will have to ignore. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
