[OSM-dev] The wiki defines the database

[Richard Fairhurst]

Erik Johansson wrote:

> Richard said "they want highway=Toucan to be replaced by five other
> tags, he!". Are you sure you as an editor creator want to be bothered
> with this, wouldn't it be easier if the wiki took care of that?

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.html

"And all this means that paradoxically, even as we have higher and  
higher level mapping tools with better and better abstractions,  
becoming a proficient mapper is getting harder and harder."

cheers
Richard