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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dec 13, 2021, 15:55 by miketho16@gmail.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr">On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 6:29 AM <<a href="mailto:osm.tagging@thorsten.engler.id.au" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">osm.tagging@thorsten.engler.id.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div>I think it would be a good idea to generally follow the model established<br></div><div> with sidewalks here.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> e.g.:<br></div><div> compressed_air=separate<br></div><div> bench=separate <br></div><div> ...<br></div><div> <br></div><div> And apply this pattern to any type of tag where a yes/no is used to indicate<br></div><div> the presence of some associated feature.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> With "separate" meaning "yes, but it's also mapped as it's own object<br></div><div> nearby".<br></div></blockquote><div>+1 Otherwise there is a risk that data users will double count.<br></div><div> <br></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto">I strongly disagree.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">1) it is a widespread practice to use such =yes values to denote<br></div><div dir="auto">"it has such associated feature which may be mapped separately or not"<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Eben if we would declare that =yes means "is not mapped separately"<br></div><div dir="auto">and =separate "is mapped separately" and bother mappers using it <br></div><div dir="auto">in other way - it would still take massive effort to change existing data<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">2) such resurvey is not really possible <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Even if many mappers would use =yes solely for "and is not mapped separately"<br></div><div dir="auto">then existing =yes have unclear meaning and will have unclear meaning <br></div><div dir="auto">basically forever.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">3) it would make much more complicated to do mapping - you would<br></div><div dir="auto">need to look around whenever you add =yes/no and on adding any bench, atm,<br></div><div dir="auto">bin and any other feature one would need to look around all objects and<br></div><div dir="auto">flip =yes to =separate<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That is not going to happen.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Overall, =separate is not viable and doomed to failure and likely to waste<br></div><div dir="auto">plenty of time. Please, do not try doing it.<br></div> </body>
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