[Tagging] A first step towards bringing the wiki and tool support closer together

[Craig Wallace]

On 09/12/2009 01:27, Steve Bennett wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:waldo000000 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I don't see how this is beneficial. As others have said, it just
>     encourages tagging for the *current implementation of* the renderer,
>     as opposed to tagging with a long-term view.
>
>
> Ok, can someone point me to the policy that says "don't tag for the 
> renderer"? I can't find it. It keeps being quoted like a fundamental 
> axiom.
>
See these pages:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Good_practice
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer

As that page says, its probably more acurrate to say "Don't deliberately 
tag incorrectly for the renderer".

Craig
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