[Tagging] Introducing Potlatch2 Island - part of the CommonMap group of Islands

Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com
Mon Jul 11 20:56:44 BST 2011


Hi,

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:08 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <
dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2011/7/11 Sam Vekemans <acrosscanadatrails at gmail.com>
>
>>  definition = A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking
>>> establishment which is part of British,[1][2] Irish,[3] Australian,[4] and
>>> New Zealand culture.
>>>  where does this come from? The wiki reads: "An establishment that sells
>>> alcoholic drinks that can be drunk on the premises. Pubs commonly sell food
>>> which also can be eaten on the premises. They are characterised by a relaxed
>>> atmosphere. You can usually sit down and there is usually no loud music to
>>> disturb conversation. A pub would be good location to meet after a day's
>>> mapping for OpenStreetMap."
>>>
>>>
>> It's the Wikipedia "definition"   the other key you might be thinking of
>> is "description".  And yes, good idea i'll add that in.
>>
>> A 'definition'
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition
>> ...A term may have many different senses or meanings. ...
>>
>
> <http://api.development.i386.commonmap.org/browse/way/337377>
>>
>
> IMHO you cannot take the definition of the word "pub" from wikipedia and
> then assume that this is the exact definition of the OSM term amenity=pub.
> E.g. in this case the definition of pub in wikipedia would restrict the
> usage of amenity=pub to pubs with British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand
> culture, but if you look for example onto the German or Austrian map you can
> see lots of pubs because they use the tag for an establishment of their
> culture.
>

And there would be more pubs in the map shown, if it was properly
documented, and existed with all presets shown with the same labeling .. but
that is another issue. And outside the scope of this effort.

Makes sense,  perhaps its better to not have any definition, shown... unless
it is shown in the potlatch2 documentation.

The main purpose of potlatch2 Island is to simply show the facts that exist,
and have it visible & near Mkgmap and other Islands, so then everyone can
share notes & ideas easily, when they are shown in the same way.... such as
a simple Map Feature legend.

cheers,
Sam

>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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