2012/12/5 Russ Nelson <nel...@crynwr.com>: > Roland Olbricht writes: > > In general: the wiki is only descriptive, but often it sounds normative. > > > > It is a good idea to > > - use tags or tag keys that have been used quite often > > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/
+1, but only for what they are defined, the mere existence of a tag doesn't automatically imply it was invented for the feature you are going to map. If your feature doesn't fit perfectly with the description of a tag it is better to not use this tag. > > - search the wiki for keywords of the thing to tag > > - read the relevant pages and take them as advice, not as a law +1 > > - if the pages don't make sense to you or don't match, ask at > > http://help.openstreetmap.org and or on the mailing lists (i.e. tagging ML) > > - add an additional, new tag if the often used tags don't describe the > > situation appropriately +1 > My rule of thumb is: > 1) If the wiki describes a tag, tag according to the description. > 2) If the wiki is silent on a tag, then feel free to add it. > 3) If the wiki describes something, and you think there's a better > way, then feel free to tag that way, but follow rule #1 and #2. > 4) But never change what the wiki says, because the people who came > before you followed rules #1, #2, and #3. +1 I'd like to add that when in doubt or something looks strange in the wiki it is often useful to have a look at the history, maybe someone recently introduced contradicting or otherwise strange advice that isn't in line with the established meaning of a tag (or way to map). This happens frequently, and usually it gets reverted or otherwise sorted out after a short time, but maybe you just found the page between those 2 actions. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
