[OSM-newbies] Small streams under minor tarmac roads

Pieren pieren3 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 13:25:38 GMT 2009


On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Jonathan Bennett
<openstreetmap at jonno.cix.co.uk> wrote:
> If those tags don't accurately describe the feature you're mapping, then
> you shouldn't use them. Try not to think of OpenStreetMap as being a
> single rendered map, but more of a digital description of the
> geographical world.

I completely disagree. If you want to be "accurate", then all english
words describing objects will finish in the Map Features. Please,
don't create "accurate" tags for everything. It's better to use
approximations than nothing. Otherwise mapping for OSM will be
reserved to a very limited amount of experts, surely very proud about
themselves.

Tunnel and underground infrastructure amateur,
Pieren




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