[Tagging] Cooperation between depts.

[Daniel Koć]

W dniu 15.01.2015 23:35, Warin napisał(a):

>  What I'm after is a 'guide' rather than strict rules. Strict rules
> won't encourage people to map things. Consistent tags, tools that are
> easy to understand and use will encourage people as they don't have to
> understand complex things.

For me strictness is not a big issue - but more coherence is.

In Wikipedia we have two editors (edit rich text/edit markup text), 
discussion pages for objects and tagging rules - all that included 
in-site and that helps. Now in OSM we need more of that attitude: I mean 
some form of cooperation between "default tagging", "editing", 
"searching" and "default rendering" depts. Not the strict one, but 
seeing the whole picture, not only one's own part.

Recently added commenting the changestes, as well as trying to collect 
common icons and common imagery set for editors are nice steps in this 
direction. The project will always stay decentralized and will have 
fuzzy borders, but more coordination will benefit even casual, detached 
mappers.

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Mambałaga