[OSM-talk] A process for rethinking map features

[Pieren]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar<seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:

OSMF is not the right place to decide tagging rules:
"Members of the Foundation are entitled to vote in the affairs of the
Foundation. They have no special say in how the OpenStreetMap project
is run, just the running of the Foundation."
"It is important to understand that the OpenStreetMap Foundation is
not the same thing as the OpenStreetMap project. The Foundation does
not own the OpenStreetMap data, is not the copyright holder and has no
desire to own the data."

And the current process is not so bad, see the current map features.
As you said, it is more complicated if you try to deprecate old and
widely used tags like footway vs path. It was not popular last year,
it will not be easier this year. If you see different interpretations
of the current footway/path description, then try to improve the
description on the wiki, first.

Pieren