[OSM-newbies] Do, then document, or ask first?

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Alan,

Its not necessary to seek approval for every tag. You have done the right
thing by recording what you have used where it doesn't seem to fit with
anything else, I commend you for that as its something I don't always do
when I'm busy. The best advice I can give is to document what you have used
on the wiki so that others can comment on them or indeed use them too if
they feel they are appropriate.

You could also send the issues, especially any you think are important, to
the tagging mailing list. Please don't use the main talk list for this.

The project has a long term aim to let others see, in a simple format, the
tagging used by users. This should help encourage best practice, especially
for new users. Map Features isn't the definitive tagging schema, and nor
should it be.

Cheers

Andy

>-----Original Message-----
>From: newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:newbies-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Alan Mintz
>Sent: 13 November 2009 12:09 AM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-newbies] Do, then document, or ask first?
>
>For several months, I've been doing a lot of mapping on OSM in southern
>California.
>
>In general, when there is not a direct answer for something in the wiki,
>I've tried to come up with one from logic and similar documented
>situations, tagged that way, and then added it to my list of issues, which
>has grown to several dozen now, instead of bombarding the mailing list with
>questions.
>
>What do I do now? Do I edit the wiki to reflect what I've done, and maybe
>send a list of links to the list so people can review/comment/object, or
>should I send the issues one by one to the mailing list and then fix if
>necessary and document afterwards, or some other method?
>
>--
>Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>
>
>
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