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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dec 2, 2021, 00:17 by JochenB@wolke7.net:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Am 01.12.2021 um 23:05 schrieb stevea:<br></div><blockquote><blockquote><div>It needs a feature by which e.g. a renderer can easily recognize whether<br></div><div>the relation / path belongs to type A or type B.<br></div></blockquote><div>So, this really IS "tagging for a renderer," right?<br></div></blockquote><div>When I tell a freeway per tag that it is a freeway, I do that so that<br></div><div>the render can show the freeway as a freeway. So we all tag for renderers<br></div><div><br></div><div>It is reprehensible to tag a dirt road as a motorway because it looks<br></div><div>better on the map.<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">To be clear, problem is "mistagging for the renderer":<br></div><div dir="auto">deliberately deleting correct data or adding wrong one,<br></div><div dir="auto">just because some specific product using OSM data will<br></div><div dir="auto">work better as an effect.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mapping because something is shown or used is 100% fine.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Mistagging_for_the_renderer">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Mistagging_for_the_renderer</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"Tagging for the renderer" is a common shortened form that<br></div><div dir="auto">is sadly misleading.<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><blockquote><blockquote><div>This<br></div><div>key should also not be region-specific.<br></div></blockquote><div>Why not?! It IS region-specific! We (in the USA) don't have these here. And why a key, when values will do?<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Why do we tag motorways around the world with the same tag, we could do<br></div><div>it differently in each country?<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">Also, just because something has no presence in USA does not mean that it will<br></div><div dir="auto">stay this way.<br></div> </body>
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