[OSM-talk] [Tagging] emergency=*

[Ulf Lamping]

Am 31.07.2010 11:19, schrieb Peteris Krisjanis:
> If that can be solved introducing meaningful new name spaces like
> emergency, which could give easy way to filter emergency items, why
> not? What is cost of this?
>
> 1) Changing it in wiki - one day tops
> 2) Changing it in db - mass convertation, doable in one shot
> 3) Add presets to JOSM - also one day tops
4) Change it in every map renderer / router / other software that is out 
there - hundreds (or already even thousands?) of applications

Teaching each and every mapper out there that the tag has changed and 
they should no longer use the old one (not every mapper uses presets).

Confused mappers that feels unsafe how to map something, as the tags 
"changes all the time" - a feeling, not necessarily a fact.

...


If you think about the costs and benefits of something, you should know 
*all* costs first.

Regards, ULFL