[OSM-talk] Path vs footway vs cycleway vs...

[Steve Bennett]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Um...what??? That will not write itself. Do you expect us to
> successfully digitize and maintain a database of all laws of all
> countries?


What do you think? Work with me, here.


> In a wiki, even? That's ambitious! I'd prefer to stick to
> mapping what's on the ground.
>


> I agree that tedious busywork is not good. But we have computers -
> surely we're able to use presets etc. so that more
> verbosity/explicitness requires negligible amounts of additional
> labour.


Yes...macros and scripts are always a first step in improving usability.
Smarter data structures and algorithms, and better analysis of needs and
solutions is the next.


> Let's get the tagging schemes right first. Seriously, it's not
> going to be a big deal to e.g. add foot=yes/no to cycleways.


You: It's easy to add "foot=yes".
Me: It's hard to get everyone to consistently add "foot=yes".

Just so we're clear on that. Can we move on?


> Let's get the tagging right first - editor improvements will follow.
>
> If by "get the tagging right" you mean "analyse the problem, work out what
people are doing, and come up with the most efficient set of tags for people
to use", then yes. But I don't think you mean that.

Steve
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