[Tagging] bridge movable vs swing vs swinging

John Packer john.packer7 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 13 12:25:33 UTC 2014


> Just noticed that some mappers resort to adding building=yes or similar to
> make it render at all.

Note that bridges that are buildings actually exist. [1]

But adding building=* to a bridge when it's not the case would be "tagging
(incorrectly) for the renderer".

[1]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dbridge


2014-08-13 9:09 GMT-03:00 Richard Z. <ricoz.osm at gmail.com>:

> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 09:12:07AM +0200, Martin Vonwald wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > 2014-08-12 22:57 GMT+02:00 Richard Z. <ricoz.osm at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > what else can I do?
> > >
> >
> > Maybe it's time to open up a change request for the main map style? The
> tag
> > man_made=bridge seems to be used worldwide [1] in some - more or less -
> > consistent way. It provides useful data, is simple to tag, it should be
> > easy to render and it solves some ugly rendering issue.
>
> yes I think it is about time that man_made=bridge is rendered.
>
> > Is there a place where someone could take the main style, change it and
> see
> > the difference in rendering? So we could not only open a ticket but also
> > provide a patch.
>
> have no idea.
>
> Just noticed that some mappers resort to adding building=yes or similar to
> make it render at all.
>
> Richard
>
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