[Tagging] Title of maps (information=map)

[Raphael]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 21:17, Raphael <dafadllyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 18:43, Tod Fitch <tod at fitchfamily.org> wrote:
> > I am confused as to why a map title is something that needs to be in the OSM database.
>
> Good question. Why are we mapping the manufacturer of dog waste bags
> dispensers? The title of a map certainly isn't a very useful
> information, but it may help people better understand what the map
> shows.

Besides, the fact that 41% of all maps have a `name` tag shows that
mappers want to tag the title of maps. The quesiton is: Is it okay to
use the `name` tag for this? Or should another tag be used instead? Or
shouldn't the titles be mapped at all?


On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 21:17, Raphael <dafadllyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 18:43, Tod Fitch <tod at fitchfamily.org> wrote:
> > I am confused as to why a map title is something that needs to be in the OSM database.
>
> Good question. Why are we mapping the manufacturer of dog waste bags
> dispensers? The title of a map certainly isn't a very useful
> information, but it may help people better understand what the map
> shows.
>
>
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 18:43, Tod Fitch <tod at fitchfamily.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Oct 31, 2021, at 9:41 AM, Raphael <dafadllyn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone!
> > >
> > > I've just wanted to map a map including its title when i noticed that
> > > the wiki doesn't mention a tag for titles. I would have thought of
> > > `title`, but this tag has only been used 201 times. Instead, 41% of
> > > all maps (more than 34 000) have a `name` tag. This doesn't seem like
> > > a good idea to me as data users will need to convert `name` into
> > > title. (If this isn't done, e.g. searching for a town also finds a map
> > > with the name of the town in its title - which currently happens on
> > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/.)
> > >
> > > Is the use of the name tag for titles accepted? Otherwise i'll propose
> > > using `title`.
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Raphael
> > >
> > I am confused as to why a map title is something that needs to be in the OSM database. In my case, and I assume most others, the titles I put on my printed maps are not directly correlated with any object in the center of the map. For example, I have two printed maps I create that cover one mountain. I label one something like “Mountain East” and the other something like “Mountain West”. The peak has a name of “Mountain” but there is nothing in the OSM database with “Mountain East” or “Mountain West”. Those are simply names I created out of thin air to describe to me what the maps cover.
> >
> > What is your use case for having some object(s) in the OSM database tagged with a “title=*” tag?
> >
> > —Tod