[OSM-talk] Tags to Symbol Mapping

Ulf Lamping ulf.lamping at web.de
Sun Nov 4 20:19:13 GMT 2007


Nic Roets schrieb:
>> Did you notice / use the mappaint plugin for JOSM? It uses a complete
>>     
> No. sorry.
>   
No problem.
>> P.S: IMHO, having the file used by mappaint that is actually used has a
>> much better chance to be kept in line with "map features" reality than a
>> "dead list" in the wiki!
>>     
> I agree it must be kept up to date and "dead lists" should be deleted
> on the spot (perhaps just saving a backup somewhere). 
Having a list somewhere in the wiki that is only there for reference and 
not really used (so problems are noticed immediately) is "dead by 
definition" to me.

To my experience, such a list is not maintained in the long run and is 
only a burden to maintain - especially, if there are "better" lists 
available.
> The problem is
> that with the openstreetmap-map-icons_5037_all package came an
> icon.xml
> * This file is not in line with "map features" because it refers to
> "ice cream parlour" which is not even in "Proposed features" and
> without underscores.
> * Allthough its format very similar to elemstyles.xml, there
> differences w.r.t. the paths.
>   
I guess that file is a leftover from gpsdrive and not really related to 
osm?!?
> Which list is dead and when will it disappear ?
>   
Your list, until it becomes the "de facto" standard for lot's of 
external applications ;-)

Regards, ULFL





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