[OSM-talk] tagging and rendering

[Jonathan Bennett]

elvin ibbotson wrote:
> Things humans read need to be human readable. The database should be  
> read by software and if it can be faster and more efficient using  
> numbers, numbers are what should be used.


The best way of proving this would be to come up with your own version 
of the OSM server stack that used ID numbers internally, while still 
outputting human-readable tag names. How long do you think it would take 
you?


-- 
Jonathan