[OSM-talk] How to tag properties

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 01:19:33 GMT 2009


On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Cartinus <cartinus at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> I don't know about documentation, but it is in the list of presets in JOSM.
>

Yeah, I find this situation very weird. It seems there are four places to
check when considering whether a tag exists:
1) The wiki (where it could be in the Map Features page, individual Tag:
pages etc...)
2) The presets of the various editors (JOSM, Potlatch, Mekaartor [sp])...
3) What the various rendererers support (Mapnik, Osmarender, ...)
4) What people are actually using, according to Tagwatch.

How did it get to be like this? Did no one clamour for an official standard
list? I understand that it's easier to just start using a tag than get it
officialised, but ... what a mess.

Steve
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