[OSM-talk] How to tag dead-ends and how to distinguish them from incomplete ways

[Andy Allan]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:

> I'm repeatedly told "don't tag for the renderers"

OK, let me even it out a bit and give you some guidance:

Tagging for the renderer is OK
Tagging for the renderer is OK
Tagging for the renderer is OK
Tagging for the renderer is OK
Don't deliberately tag incorrectly for the renderer
Tagging for the renderer is OK
Tagging for the renderer is OK
Tagging for the renderer is OK
Tagging for the renderer is OK
Don't deliberately tag incorrectly for the renderer

Confused? Read the full explanation at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer

> Yet it appears in this case the renderers are telling the mappers what
> to do.

So? Why would the wiki be more important than the truth? The wiki
should be there to document actual facts, and which tags get rendered
by which renderer is a fact that can be documented on the wiki. If
contributors choose to then use that tags that a renderer uses, and
those tags follow the standard OSM principles of verifiability,
objectiveness etc then there is no problem.

> The previous post implies these tags will only work in Groundtruth renders.

Maybe I'll add them to the cyclemap.

> At the moment it looks like the left hand is deliberately not
> telling the right what is going on.

Never attribute to malice what can easily be attributed to volunteers
not having 37 hours in a day to help OSM.

Cheers,
Andy