<div dir="ltr">2008/9/6 leblatt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leblatt@tilt-services.com">leblatt@tilt-services.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span lang="EN-US">I Consider recycling should be encouraged,
and I map a recycling point when I come across one. But I find it abnormally
tedious to tag the type of goods that can be recycled. This information should
have been made easier to tag. For instance, instead of :</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">amenity=recycling</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">recycling:cans=yes</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">recycling:glass_bottles=yes</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">recycling_papers=yes</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">recycling:cardboard=yes</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">one could write :</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">amenity=recycling</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">recycling
= cans; glass_bottles; papers; cardboard</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Moreover, the tag auto-complete feature in
editors would help when you find the same combination in several places.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">I don't know how heavily this amenity
is being used, and how difficult a switch would be, if even possible. Just
wondering what others think.</span></p>
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</blockquote><div><br>If you use JOSM, then it is just a case of selecting recycling from a drop down list, and then ticking boxes as to which things are recycled (currently only offering three varieties, so expanding that list would be nice).<br>
<br>It's fairly straight forward and quick though. <br></div></div></div>