[OSM-talk] Numbers and i18n

[Lars Aronsson]

Andrew Loughhead wrote:

> For me one difficulty, which I see as a barrier to entry, is the 
> tag system. There was a really good post a couple of months ago 
> explaining the UK etymology of "highway".  So it now kind of 
> makes sense to me that tags like highway=footpath exist.

Since we now have a complete mess with some highway=footpath and 
some class=motorway, that needs to be cleaned up anyway, perhaps 
this is a good time to introduce numbers instead?  If the database 
only stored type=14, then the user interface could show this as 
Motorway, Autostrada or Highway, depending on the user's preferred 
language (en.UK, it, or en.US).


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