[Tagging] Strange tags

[Paul Allen]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 02:41, Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Given that the lists at this point are arbitrary,


That was the conclusion I came to after a more detailed reading of the
wikipedia
page.  Until a couple of days ago I'd only heard of Munros and thought that
was
a semi-official designation.  I now realize these things are arbitrary
lists and
that you or I could come up with a list of Kevins or Pauls.  Even if no more
lists are ever created, there are too many to sensibly add kevins=yes and
pauls=yes to various peaks scattered around the world.


> If asked to come up with something, I'd probably put the 46 summits in a
> grou
>
relation and hang the name  'Adirondack 46' off that.


Just to prevent tag proliferation (and possible future collisions with other
types of object) they ought to be namespaced rather than bare tags.
hillbagging:munro=yes, etc.  But I think relations are probably cleaner
(assuming they don't grow large enough to cause problems for the db).

As it is, I use information external to OSM for rendering this area so
> that the list memberships can be shown - they are quite important to
> the local hikers, many of whom are chasing their Adirondack 46'er or
> Catskill 3500 Club badges. Peak-bagging is a serious sport around
> here!
>

I figure it's as important to hillbaggers as cycling routes are to cyclists
and walking routes are to ramblers.

Since there are communities, in many parts of the world, that are
> interested in the local peak-bagging lists, and many references are
> available to verify what peaks are members of what lists, I'd be
> exceedingly reluctant to say, "no, you may not have that information
> in OSM."
>

If we were to restrict OSM to only those items of interest to me, it would
be a very
sparse map.  I, too, am reluctant to discriminate against hillbaggers whilst
catering to cyclists and walkers.

-- 
Paul
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