[Tagging] Wiki: Key:level: proposed rewrite

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2015-05-25 9:25 GMT+02:00 Michael Reichert <nakaner at gmx.net>:

> > Any objection if I 'rewrite http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:level
> ?
> >
> > It seems to have been written with the misconception that floor names are
> > numbers when they're not.
> >
> > A rewrite:
> >
> >    - Won't affect existing names that appear as numbers.
> >    - Will encourage mappers to use correct names for floors (as found in
> >    the building) rather than attempt to convert them to meaningless
> numbers.
>


I do object as well because I'd expect you to post the concrete
modifications you plan to apply. This way we can discuss if these changes
are fine or not, and why.



>
> I oppose. Numeric level values can be used to display a building plan
> layer by layer where higher floors lay over lower floors. Most software
> which uses level=* at the moment expects that it is a numeric value.
>


Well, the definition does explicitly name strings values:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:level#String_values
so it doesn't seem to be against common standards to use them.

Cheers,
Martin
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