[OSM-talk] Proposed Amenity Reorganization

John Smith delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 24 12:19:11 BST 2009


--- On Wed, 24/6/09, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> When the wiki pages are well structured (and named), you
> can use the
> search function, type "windmill" and you find the right
> page.
> I simply cannot imagine how far the Map Features page will
> be extended
> to list all possible amenities, sports, shops, man_made,
> etc.

That example works for easy types, but take say "fords", these are commonly (only) known for all my life as "cause ways" or "dips", and what you are searching for, by looking down the list is something that looks close enough or identical but not known by the same name.


      




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