[OSM-talk-be] boundary names and my program

[Sander Deryckere]

2012/11/29 Ivo De Broeck <ivo.debroeck at gmail.com>

> Thanks Ben for your mail. I still believe that we have to focus more on
> new or less expertised volunteers and stay open for new ideas. For that it
> seems extremely important to have an up to date wiki. I also propose a new
> rule "tag always for the mapper" ;-). I really don't understand why it's
> forbidden to use a name instead of a note. Every  time we have here the
> same discussions (last time wandelnetwerken, now administrative borders).
> Thats very sad, I found a lot of faults and i can't correct then because
> the pieces have no names.
>
>
>
What Ben really means is "tagging for the editor". Tagging for the mapper
should always be done, just as tagging for the data user.

In the same way, you should tag for the rendering, but not for one specific
renderer. I mean that you should use standard tags, usable by a broad range
of renderers, and not try to get it pretty for Mapnik. If it isn't grass,
you shouldn't tag it as grass just because you want a green colour on the
map.

In the same way, you shouldn't use a tag because one editor proposes or
uses it. But you should use a tag that can be understood by most mappers
(in a raw format), so tag for the mapper.

The name vs note discussion is indeed about one editor only supporting note
tags.

Regards,
Sander
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