[OSM-talk] Keeping tags generic (was: Wind turbines no longer rendered on mapnik layer)

[John Sturdy]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Graham Jones <grahamjones139 at gmail.com> wrote:

> <grumble> Why create a key generator:power_source rather than just use
> power_source.  power_source is much more generic so you could re-cycle it
> for things like district heating, but generator:power_source is only ever
> going to be used for generating stations, and needs a new column in the
> database. </grumble>.   I think I just prefer more generic, re-usable keys
> rather than trying to invent a new one for each situation....

Seconded heartily!