[OSM-talk] Re: privacy policy

[Joerg Ostertag]

On Saturday 29 July 2006 11:09, Nick Whitelegg wrote:
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> > That is true Etiene. But we should (as Barnett already stated) wait until
> > we at least reach a relatively high amount of base segments.
> > I think our goals for the next year should be:
> >  - get all the tools working( you knew I would say that ;-)
> >  - adding 99% of the Highway segments
> >  - tagging 99% of these Highway segments (name=,highway=) more is
> > optional - adding 80% of the main streets in every big city.
> >  - creating ways for these 80% main streets
> >  - tagging tmain street ways (name=,highway=) more is optional
> > I think we shouldn't even think about lowering the bar before we havn't
> > achieved this goal.
>
> Is there any real need to tag segments now that ways are functional though?
> Since about May I have only been tagging ways and leaving segments
> untagged. To tag the segments as well as the parent way just seems to
> create unnecessary information overload in the database.

Since I'm not really firm with creating ways yet, I currently mostly tag the 
segments with something like: foot=yes,car=no so i later know it's a footpath 
and no street for driving.
I'm also thinking about (later) expanding osm-filter to try to get a 
suggestion for this kind of tags by looking at:
 - min,max,average speed
 - min,max,average angle of turns
 - min,max,average speed increase
 - maybe time of day
Combining these Information would lead in a suggestion for tagging:
  foot=
  bike=
  car=
  highway=
  max_speed= ( max_allowed_speed= max_possible_speed= ;-)

This is on the the things I was thinking of when i was talking of improving 
the tools for OSM. So here is another (probably useless) call for help on 
this part of osm. Patches and suggestions are welcome.

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Joerg