[Tagging] SchemaTroll 2.01 - OSM OpenMapFeatures Spreadsheet - Available for edits

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi All,

I'm happy to report that i have now (finally) converted the OSM Map
Features page  into a Google Docs spreadsheet
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features

The Spreadsheet is now live and available for edits.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am70fsptsPF2dGZBb3FfWHlhWTVBTGZ5ZV81LVFSMkE&hl=en

The idea behind it is to organize all of the map features, in a format
that can be used more easily, and make it similar to all of the of Map
Feature PDF catelogues that i am looking at from data sets around the
world.


So now you can easily sort the chart, and find where the errors are,
and spot where their are inconsistancies.

The purpose is so the end user would not need to go to any other page
to find map features as it should all be listed on the same wiki page.
For each key, i have set a space for the key=*description row, so then
the actual key can be clearly defined, with the values below.
And where it's needed, there is space to include a rendering (doesnt
have to be mapnik, just any render that supports it, so the user can
know how that tag could look like.   Even a view on the garmin device
would be good to see.

Also, the purpose of the SchemaTroll 2.01 project, is so that it will
be able to work across multiple databases and datasets
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/SchemaTroll_2.01#SchemaTroll_2.01

For CommonMap, i have an IRC chat #CommonMap on oftc.net  where we can
discuss tagging also.   As this map is using CC-BY where the data can
and is welcome to be used by OpenStreetMap, as well as anyone else who
wants it.
So the aim is to be taking other map features examples into account,
and helping to make the OSM Wiki a standard which is 'Common' to many
maps,

... and as was mentioned earlier, there is no point in deviating from
the map feature system, when it is already very very good

I hope to have the other charts available within the next month, and
make it detailed, so it's easy to begin the cross-referencing process.
But 1st, the Map Features page needs to become more clear, with all of
the definitions and descriptions filled in, as well as pictures and
rendering samples (which in many cases) are already on the linking
page, it just hasn't been transfered.

So (for example)   Johen's database system is welcome to use the from
this chart to get pictures and rendering samples, and descriptions
http://blog.jochentopf.com/2010-10-05-introducing-taginfo.html

I dont plan on doing major edits, and will just be editing the chart
live on the GoogleDocs spreadsheet.

Cheers,
Sam
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