[OSM-talk] [english 95%] A process for rethinking map features

[James Livingston]

On 16/08/2009, at 2:20 AM, Tom Chance wrote:
> Probably sensible to start with something more manageable than path/ 
> highway.
> Maybe the forest/wood debate.

Sounds good to me. The important thing is that the group has their  
goals set out explicitly, so they know exactly what they should be  
doing, and they know when they're finished.

To me, this means that we need to collect a complete list of all the  
tree/wood/forest-related things that people may want to add to OSM  
(even if they already have tagging solutions), with good descriptions,  
if possible photos and what implications people think they have. The  
WG could then sit down and figure out which of them are actually the  
same, and then find a good tagging scheme.


I think the "complete list of what we want to tag" is something we're  
missing in the current arguments. How are we supposed to know if what  
people are talking about are actually the same thing? Especially since  
language is an issue, either not having English as a first language,  
or not having the same English (e.g. British vs Australia vs American).


> The one missing part to work out is how we respond to the proposal.  
> The best
> thing I can imagine is if we could set-up a poll that uses our  
> OSM.org logins
> and we notify as many users as possible through every channel  
> available. We
> could set the bar at something like >1000 votes and a 66% majority  
> needed.

I think that if the WG comes up with a solution after taking into  
account, then it would likely be acceptable to most people. If not,  
then it probably didn't represent a crosssection of the community, or  
people didn't add their items to the list of things to tag.