On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:39 AM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> It is however a very good example of where people have taken the trouble to > ACTUALLY map reality and their efforts have been destroyed! I agree with your point, but that's a bit of hyperbole there. The data is still there, it's just marked with visible="false". If you want to get it back, you can just change visible to "true". On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > I think the current discussion on 'cycleways' just highlights the different > views people hold. If a cycleway exists as a separate area of 'highway' > then it > should be mapped as such. Adding tags to a near by road with additional > tags for > things such as gaps between two physically divided areas will always be > wrong, > but at a macro zoom level there should be some shorthand way of combining a > number of ways into a single 'route' element. THAT is the level of > agreement > that needs to be reached! The lowers levels should always map the 'bridge', > footways, vehicle ways, and any other structures such as verges, banks, > slopes > and the differences between their levels, while the macro view gives a > 'way' > with a bridge tag. Surely that is the current target? > Very well said. Personally I find the micro-mapping much more enjoyable than the macro-mapping. But I certainly think the two camps should be able to get along. On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Claus Hindsgaul <claus.hindsg...@gmail.com>wrote: > If an agreed OSM project goal exists, where uncompromised and non-reflected > micro-mapping [the consequence of your phrase "everything needs to be mapped > fully"] is described as the ultimate goal, please help me with a pointer. > Then this discussion is over, and I must accept loosing some of my faith in > the overall usefulness of the project. > What if we agree that different members of the OSM project have different goals, and try to build things in a way that facilitates harmonic editing of all of us? That's not meant to be just a one-liner that we can say "okay" to and then forget about. We should work on actually coming up with solutions to situations where the goals of different participants seem to conflict. I think Lester outlines some of those solutions above, but if there are problems with them I think we all want to hear them.
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