[OSM-talk] OSM is a right mess (was: Craigslist OpenStreetMap Rendering Issue)

[Floris Looijesteijn]

oneway=no is very clear to me and different to not having a oneway value at
all.

this way it means it was surveyed and it is not a oneway.

maybe with lit=yes or lit=no is more clear that is actually adds something
of value?

greets,
floris

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 2:04 AM, pmailkeey . <pmailkeey at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> iD shows oneway=unknown if it's not set. If it's unknown, iD should not
> show oneway at all.
>
> In OSM if oneway=no then it's not oneway and the oneway tag should not
> appear at all.
>
> The only time oneway should appear is in the case of oneway=yes - and the
> '=yes' is superfluous.
>
> OSM's k=v design is completely a serious and unnecessary flaw. Similarly
> are 'categories' like man_made', and 'amenity'.
>
> Why can we not simply stick to hard facts rather guessing what
> categor(ies) an object fits in
>
>
> A fountain is a fountain. It does not matter if it is
>
>    - an amenity
>    - man made
>    - natural water (???!!)
>
> etc. Such categorization is semi-ambiguous; people think differently and
> are happy to categorize differently - and more - argue over categories.
>
> OSM is 90% argument, 5% dead-end discussions and 5% progress. The whole is
> not a marketable product; it's not fit to be rated as 'beta'. Is this a
> significant cause of ex-mappers ? It's a flipping brilliant project but
> sadly lacking a great leader.
>
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