[OSM-talk-be] Regional walking networks

[Jo]

For the record: I don't really care which tag we use. As long as it's
consistent, I'm happy.
I do recognise that some people, using a specific editor have problems with
it though. And I also realize that those people are not going to change the
way they work, i.e. which editor they use.
Gerard contacted the developers of Potlatch and they won't change the way
they display the data. So these contributors are now stuck, looking at very
long integer numbers instead of a helpful 'note' or a 'name'.
It is only natural that they want to tag the data in a way that helps them
to work with it. So that's where 'tagging for the editor' comes from.

Cheers,

Jo

2011/10/11 Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com>

> On Tuesday 11 October 2011 15:21:47 Jo wrote:
> > Maybe the fact that this discussion seems to recur every so often is an
> > indicator that something is not logical about it.
> > Since these routes ultimately have to be entered by people and these
> people
> > make a choice, which is not easily altered (I tried in the case of RoRay)
> > as to what editor they use, it does matter whether editors support the
> way
> > we tag those relations. Ultimately that's why, until recently, all the
> > route relations had identical note and name tags.
>
>
> The reason why it keeps coming up is because people fail to learn the basic
> rules about mapping in OSM:
>
> (1) don't tag for the renderer (most people seem to grab this idea)
>
> and
>
> (2) don't tag for the editor (this one is more difficult for some to
> understand)
>
>
> We can go on and on, but tagging these routes with name tags is a clear
> example of tagging for the editor.
>
>
> Ben
>
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