[OSM-talk] Tags to Symbol Mapping

[Guenther Meyer]

Am Sonntag 04 November 2007 schrieb Ulf Lamping:
> 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?!?
>
it's not a leftover. it's actively maintained and used by gpsdrive.
the file was primarily designed for gpsdrive, but we already started to 
include a matching between osm-types and the gpsdrive-categories.



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