[Tagging] Removal of "amenity" from OSM tagging

[pmailkeey .]

On 17 May 2015 at 14:12, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com> wrote:

> This is no way to treat consumers of map data. If you make major changes
> like this, anyone using the map has to scramble to change their rendering
> code. If there's no semblance of upward compatibility, people will lose
> interest in OSM because it is just too hard to maintain, and if there is
> any kind of automation involved, suddenly people's online apps stop working
> and it becomes an emergency.
>
> It shouldn't matter what the tags are called, this is like assembly code,
> only the geeks should need to ever see them. This really ought to be
> abstracted in the editors, as indeed it is in ID.
>
> Please drop this suggestion, it is not helpful. It's an unprofessional way
> to treat "customers".
>
> David
>
>

Unfortunately change is inevitable and it happens to Microsoft and Google
customers.


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