[OSM-talk] Who interprets semicolon in tag values?

[David Paleino]

On Fri, 31 May 2013 17:03:26 +0200, Jochen Topf wrote:

> If you know of any software that actually does interpret this specially,
> please tell me. I am trying to get an idea where and how this is used in
> the real world. You can answer here on the list or write to me
> privately, I'll summarize for the list later. Thanks!

http://osmstats.hanskalabs.net/

OSMStats uses it, and it counts values as if they were single objects. For its
purposes, this is enough: an amenity=bar;cafe gets counted both as an
amenity=bar and an amenity=cafe.

I can't tell whether this approach makes sense in every scenario, but right
nown I can't think of any reason why it would be bad (maybe just because I'm
going to bed).

Kindly,
David

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