[OSM-talk] highway=ford vs ford=yes

[SomeoneElse]

On 01/11/2010 22:51, Gorm E. Johnsen wrote:
> Interesting to see that nobody seems to object strongly to the 
> (manual) edits I have already done with *ways* tagged with highway=ford.

That's not strictly true; I did object (and you replied) via the OSM 
message system when you started updating fords so that they didn't 
reflect the sense of what was there on the ground.  The "highway=ford to 
highway=blah/ford=yes" change did make sense*; it was the other 
"tidying" that you did at the same time that I objected to.

 > Please, can we continue the discussion on the wiki? 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:ford

Please no.  There seems to be an infinite number of monkeys over there 
but they've not come close to the works of Shakespeare.

If you want to influence the way stuff is tagged in OSM go out and map 
stuff; you can then tag it how you like.

* some warning would have been helpful though, so that people who render 
maps (which includes anyone who creates maps for e.g. Garmin GPSs) can 
keep up to date with how someone in an armchair thinks things should be 
tagged this week.
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