[Tagging] football or soccer ?

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Thu Jul 1 17:01:04 BST 2010


2010/7/1 Anthony <osm at inbox.org>:

> The benefit is precisely the removal of the thing you find cool.  People
> won't think they understand a key/value simply because they see the name of
> the tag.



I see your point and it is valid sometimes, but often it is not. E.g.
amenity=post_box or oneway=yes. Or landuse=residential. Or
leisure=park. Or amenity=drinking_water. Or amenity=telephone. Or or
or.

Most of our tags are not disputed.

cheers,
Martin




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