[OSM-np] Tagging Guidelines

[amrit karmacharya]

we could add column which will be nepali synonym/translation to  Nepali
Common_tags <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Common_tags>.


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Rajeev Amatya <rajeevamatya at gmail.com>wrote:

> Please do not reduce anything from
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Common_tags unless it contains
> tags that are never used in Nepal. Please create a duplicate or just copy
> paste the source to the mapping party wiki. The original list of tags does
> not have everything in one umbrella...like I put in in the common_tags
> wiki. It takes quite some time if you need to do it again.
>
> thanks
> rajeev
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 1:55 PM, bibekshrestha at gmail.com <
> bibekshrestha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Nama Ji,
>>
>> The portions from the document that are missing are the tags. I'm not
>> sure if the subset exists in the document is enough, instead during mapping
>> parties, you could actually print the Guidelines and Common tags pages
>> together. This in my opinion should make it more clear for participants.
>>
>> If http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Common_tags has too much
>> tags, we could reduce there instead. My reservations against pasting same
>> tags in different pages is because as data get's updated with new
>> information, copies remain stale with old information.
>>
>> My two cents only as I haven't physically attended a meeting, so I'm not
>> sure how you present the contents of the document to the user but I'm
>> persistent on the idea that documentation if done properly helps the
>> community on a bigger picture.
>>
>> Warm regards
>>
>> --
>> Bibek Shrestha
>> bibekshrestha at gmail dot com
>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/bibstha
>> "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.", Eames to
>> Arthur, Inception 2010
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Nama Budhathoki <
>> namabudhathoki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bibek,
>>>
>>> Sounds good. Some people find wiki weird to use, but those who are
>>> willing to work on Tags should feel comfortable to edit in wiki, I assume.
>>>
>>> You said you pasted all the content from Google doc, but I cannot see
>>> all of that in wiki. It would be great if you could check it.
>>>
>>> Nama
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:36 PM, bibekshrestha at gmail.com <
>>> bibekshrestha at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Nama Ji,
>>>>
>>>> The format of the document looks good and I'm sure this would be a big
>>>> help during Mapping parties.
>>>> I'd make a recommendation that we take this document to the osm wiki.
>>>> Considering we will be doing a lot of mapping parties, documents like this
>>>> make up a good resource for other Mapping parties.
>>>>
>>>> I took the liberty of creating a page and pasting all the contents from
>>>> the document to
>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Mapping_Party_Guidelines
>>>> I've made few correction to the contents in the wiki itself.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bibek Shrestha
>>>> bibekshrestha at gmail dot com
>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/bibstha
>>>> "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.", Eames to
>>>> Arthur, Inception 2010
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 10:40 AM, amrit karmacharya <amrit.im at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> we developed this list for our mapping party.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14CLQcfTy23_m_pTEVpMwTEdeOkhoxRiEQGhYIaRcmz8/edit
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/16/12, Nama Budhathoki <namabudhathoki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi Rajeev,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > The one we are trying to develop is for mapping parties for
>>>>> beginners as we
>>>>> > are working to have many many mapping parties over next few months.
>>>>> Yes, we
>>>>> > should eventually be developing the OSM wiki page you suggested and
>>>>> we will
>>>>> > surely contribute to it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Nama
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Rajeev Amatya
>>>>> > <rajeevamatya at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Nama Ji,
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> You can use this document we created a while ago as reference. I am
>>>>> >> assuming you are creating one for mapping parties...for the
>>>>> beginners.
>>>>> >> this one is fairly comprehensive and applicable to kathmandu/nepal.
>>>>> there
>>>>> >> are also guidelines for tagging dhungedhara, pati etc. I think we
>>>>> were
>>>>> >> still discussing how to tag chowks.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Common_tags
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> for public transport, please the one below created by prabhas and
>>>>> >> galligalli
>>>>> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/Public_transport
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> rajeev
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Nama Budhathoki
>>>>> >> <namabudhathoki at gmail.com
>>>>> >> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> Hi Folks,
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Building on the earlier work by Prabhas and the group on tagging
>>>>> >>> streets,
>>>>> >>> we are trying to produce a document for tagging map features. This
>>>>> will
>>>>> >>> particularly be useful for beginners. Here is the link to Google
>>>>> >>> document:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/17QCqypwSlLBMFTbKDrlcKwvdpCgI_9QofibqmzVICQs/edit
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Please feel free to edit or comment.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Nama
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