[OSM-talk] Suggestion: fallback tag

[Steve Bennett]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 12:15 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Don't tag it until your feature request to update mapnik's style sheet
> is put into production...
>

That's completely at odds with standard OSM advice: tag however you want.


> So file a feature request against mapnik's style sheet...
>

I never mentioned Mapnik. Let's be quite clear about the use cases here:

Your strategy:
1) I want to tag Y instead of X.
2) I file a feature request with mapnik.
3) I file a feature request with kosmos
4) I file a feature request with osmarender
5) I file a few more feature requests
6) I turn old and grey.
7) My feature requests are all approved
8) I use my new tag.

My strategy:
1) I want to tag Y instead of X.
2) I tag Y, fallback:X
3) I get on with my life. Renderers will catch up whenever.

Steve
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