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I'm just getting started here, so I don't want to offend any founding members or dredge up a well beaten horse... BUT<br>
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Just looking through the data and some example tags, I was baffled as
to how the tags could be used effectively and consistently as they
stand today. They seem to have descriptive values on both sides of the
= sign. For example, "water=river", or "waterway=riverbank". Even
"highway=secondary" is a bit perplexing, since it seems to me that the
term "highway" is a value that answers the question, "What kind of way
is it?"<br><br>What Steve has proposed is what I would have expected. I can already see adding a "natural" type, so I added a quick one to his page.<br><br>Is there something we're overlooking about the current scheme?<br><br>Gavin<br><br /><hr />Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie. <a href='http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008' target='_new'>Learn Now</a></body>
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