[OSM-talk] Flickr Now Supports OSM Tags

[Dave F.]

Dave Stubbs wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
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>> Dave Stubbs wrote:
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>>> I wouldn't read too much into it, especially as they said,
>>> "we’ve almost certainly got at least some of it wrong but hopefully we
>>> got part of it right and can correct the rest as we go"
>>>
>>> Dave
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>> You see, this is the problem. I don't think, in this instance, they've
>> done anything wrong. This is an OSM cock-up.
>> I think it's quite selfish to expect others to pick up the pieces of,
>> what I see, as lazy implementation.
>>
>> Who, within OSM & in their right sense of mind, would object to being
>> forced to use just Yes/No. I mean it's just an on/off switch!
>>
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> This is more about making it easier to edit than anything else.
> Currently users have to type stuff in or use some preset entry
> mechanism which doesn't really present the data to the user afterwards
> and allow them to edit it. Historically users had no option but to
> type values, and so you get this variation.
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This looks excellent & will certainly reduce the erroneously tags.

Thanks
Dave F.