[OSM-talk] Path rendering in the cycleway

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

Frederik Ramm wrote:
>Sent: 01 September 2008 9:27 AM
>To: robin paulson
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Path rendering in the cycleway
>
>Hi,
>
>robin paulson wrote:
>>> I think we shouldn't vote on tags at all. Instead, we should monitor
>what gets
>>> used most by the mappers (see Tagwatch and the tool announced by
>>> Schuyler Erle).
>>
>> one of the problems with this, is that it's highly likely two mappers
>> will develop two contrasting, but both valid methods of mapping the same
>> object, and use them liberally. then some other mappers will follow one
>> way, and some other mappers will follow the other way. then we have a
>> jumbled data model.
>
>... which can be fixed at a later time, if desired. Trying to create
>rules upfront runs a high risk of being impractical. And frankly, if our
>mappers' creativity leads to two or three different ways of tagging the
>same thing (but at least it gets mapped well), what's the big deal? The
>alternative is trying to force them to agree on one way of doing it,
>which (worst case) can make 49% of them unhappy and/or unwilling to map
>the item in question.
>
>If I can get 100 people to map something by allowing three different
>ways of doing it, then this is much better than getting only 51 people
>mapping it the "one true way".
>


here here

Cheers

Andy