[Tagging] How to tag a fence made with metal bars?

Gerd Petermann GPetermann_muenchen at hotmail.com
Fri Nov 6 09:10:21 UTC 2015


Hmm, in my eyes many fences / barriers are also some kind of 
art, esp. old ones made of metal are often hand crafted (at
least in Germany). They are similar to the main entrances
of buildings, they try to express somehow how the owner
welcomes you (in case of the entrance) or tries to keep you 
away (in case of the fence).
I fear you will never find simple tags to describe these details
in a way that allows data consumers to use the information.

 Gerd


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Von: Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
Gesendet: Freitag, 6. November 2015 09:30
An: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
Betreff: Re: [Tagging] How to tag a fence made with metal bars?

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> Am 05.11.2015 um 23:09 schrieb John Willis <johnw at mac.com>:
>
> In Japan, a half-wall half-fence like thing is common.  Cinder block walls are very common for commercial and residential boundary walls, and in many places are normal 1.5m tall walls. These cinder blocks are almost as narrow as bricks - 15cm or so.


+1, good point, I've also encountered many times situations with several fences types or wall/fence combinations that are stacked one above the other, also retaining walls with a fence on top are not rare. How do we map this? Overlapping ways with layer tags? A relation?
Another not uncommon situation consists of hedges with a fence in the middle.


cheers
Martin
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