[Tagging] game:patrizer2:* tags

[Markus Lindholm]

On 6 April 2010 11:21, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> Markus Lindholm wrote:
>> A question, what's the story behind the game:patrizer2:* tags? I just
>> noticed that Stockholm got a bunch of these tags and I'm curious what
>> they are?
>
> "Patrizier 2" is a German trading simulation computer game. It was
> internationally released as "Patrician II" (and re-released together
> with an expansion as "Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse"[1]).
>
> The game has a historical setting and features cities that were
> influential during the Hanseatic period. In the game, cities produce
> trading goods with varying efficiency. For example, Stockholm produces a
> lot of iron ore ("Eisenerz") and some fish.
>
> Apparently, this mapper decided to tag the production efficiencies to
> the cities' place nodes - which happens to be possible because the game
> uses real-world places. The data represented by the tags, though, has
> in-game relevance only.
>
> Tobias Knerr
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrician_III:_Rise_of_the_Hanse
>

Thanks for the info.

My second question then --- is this kosher? Populating the OSM
database with some game related info?

Regards
Markus