[OSM-talk] Introducing Taginfo

Jochen Topf jochen at remote.org
Wed Oct 6 06:24:50 BST 2010


On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 02:19:49AM +0200, Tobias Knerr wrote:
> > Bug reports and feature ideas welcome.
> 
> Do you have a bug tracker for these?

You can use trac.openstreetmap.org and choose the component "taginfo".

> Anyway, I'd love to see some more attention to values - currently it's
> almost a "Keyinfo" tool. ;-) For example, it would be nice to
> * search for tags (using key=value syntax)
> * search for values, so all tags with the value will be listed
> * get a map and "other keys" section for tags, too, not only keys.
> 
> I don't know whether these features are feasible performance-wise, but
> things like the map wouldn't even be needed for all values/tags. Those
> that have an individual wiki page would be enough for a start - it would
> make sense for things like amenity=restaurant or natural=tree, not so
> much for each name=* value, imo.

As you say, its a bit tricky performance, wise. But I'll find some way.
I agree that those things are all needed.

> Oh, and an OpenSearch definition would be a useful addition to the site.
> Taginfo would definitely deserve that place right there in my browser's
> toolbar.

That should be doable.

Jochen
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