[OSM-talk-be] Destination tagging on motorways

[Glenn Plas]

Hi Sander,

I've been thinking about your statements.  Although I think you are not
incorrect stating it should be easy to enter, I think your requirements
to not use josm at all for this (with or without plugins) are a bit to
demanding.

I'm a text console kind of person, all day long. I love the vi(m) editor
but I'm not so inclined into xml-diving some OSM change files.
Maybe I misunderstand this, but a good plugin in JOSM would probably
help a lot in taking the edge of editing.

There are other things that are hard to edit.   Try the new speed_camera
scheme for example:  although I get what they are trying to do, it's
complicated and for a camera that does 2 jobs (red light + speed trap)
you have to add a single relation for each.

Although this might signal a possible bad design, it doesn't make it a
bad one by default.  So, I'm not convinced on the 'clearly doing
something wrong'.  On the other hand, it's not a great design either.

The only thing that I think is in the wrong place are the translations
of a destination. (technically then).  But I have to remind myself all
the time it's not a relational database design I'm discussing.

I do aggree on the subject that smaller roads are probably more
important for all the reasons you state.

Glenn



On 11-09-14 10:23, Sander Deryckere wrote:
> Marc, you are right that I don't like the tag because of missing tools.
> But on the other hand, I think tags should be easy to edit, even without
> tools. If adding the tags becomes harder than surveying, we're clearly
> doing something wrong.

...

> Since we have more small roads than motorways, the tags should be easy
> enough for anyone to add. Without having to use JOSM with some extra
> plugins.
> 
> Regards,
> Sander