[Tagging] better classification systems

[Niels Elgaard Larsen]

Colin Smale:
>> On 02/12/2021 5:02 PM Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> FWIW, I believe it would be a very bad idea to switch to codes rather than keeping human readable tags, but I am very sure it will not happen :)
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> There is a half-way house - a managed/curated list of short-form values, which you can immediately understand although they are not usable in a UI. This allows you to understand the data "at a glance" but still forces the UI to take care of the presentation.



Which is much like our OSM tags.

In Osmand I can search for accoomodation, food, etc.

Is JOSM I can add the preset "Automatic Teller Machine"

> Example: ISO country codes which need mapping to strings for human consumption

They are often not mapped. I have "DK" on my number plate. I can ccTLD in my browser.
I can use country codes in postal codes.


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Niels Elgaard Larsen