[Talk-GB] UK Tagging Guideline - wiki page proposals

[rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com]

Hi all,

It has been mentioned in the past (and I expect many others have thought  
it), that the current UK Tagging Guidelines wiki page [1] is to confusing  
for newcomers and data consumers alike. I have had a go at addressing this  
by creating a new version of this page [2]. As discussed on the Talk  
section of this new page [3], I have tried to work in many of your (the UK  
mappers) suggestions.

I have used the wiki cleanup objectives as a guide and have incorporated  
the following key changes:

(i) Copyright - The first section replaces the current "Obtaining the data"  
section and promotes the existing "Copyright" section to a more prominent  
position. Info most relevant to helping new UK mappers is highlighted

(ii) Classic UK vs Alternative Global - The wiki guidelines (above) state  
that we should "Provide a place for people to discuss new tagging  
proposals". I have therefore kept both schemes. So as to not excessively  
confuse newcomers I have split the page so that it reads as (a) tag the  
fact that the way is there, (b) tag its legal status if applicable.

(iii) Public Rights of Way - As discussed on the talk-gb mailing list a  
public right of way may run along a track, road, etc.. I have therefore  
removed as much as the UK Classic vs Global Alternative debate out of this  
section into (a) - "tag features presence". Following Achadwick suggestion  
on Talk:United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines that the right of way should be  
signified using the designation key (see table below). I have heavily  
refocused the page to emphasise this. This greatly simplifies things for  
newcomers & data consumers. In a way it also reduces the UK Classic vs  
Global Alternative debate.

(iv) Scotland - Now has a separate section ready to be filled in.


Please take your time to have a look, and feedback comments to this mailing  
list. Be friendly; I am still relatively new and this is my first real go  
at editing a wiki :-)

Regards,
RobJN



[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines
[2]  
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines_Consultation
[3]  
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:United_Kingdom_Tagging_Guidelines_Consultation
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