[OSM-talk] THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject

Colin Smale colin.smale at xs4all.nl
Sat Sep 12 11:37:53 UTC 2015


Rendering precedence is a different subject to tagging. You know what happens to suggestions of tagging in a certain way for the purposes of influencing the appearance of a map...

A search on the wiki for pages with the word primary only returns hits in connection with highway and schools. Can you help me out and give a link to the page you are referring to?

On 12 September 2015 10:33:58 CEST, "Dave F." <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:
>On 12/09/2015 04:09, Warin wrote:
>> On 12/09/2015 8:36 AM, Colin Smale wrote:
>>>
>>> Why shouldn't it work? It is perfectly easy to understand what is 
>>> intended
>>>
>
>Which tag takes rendering precedence?
>
>>> .
>>>
>>> Anyway where is the list or definition of what constitutes a 
>>> *primary* tag?
>>>
>
>The wiki.
>
>>> On 2015-09-12 00:11, Dave F. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/09/2015 03:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> But the primary key is definitely highway=track, perhaps with some
>
>>>>> secondary keys that hit at it's former use.
>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> As I've said elsewhere there should only be one primary tag, any 
>>>> historical info should be secondary.
>>>>
>>>> highway=track
>>>> railway=abandoned
>>>>
>>>> The above doesn't really work, does it?
>>>>
>>>> -
>>
>> Makes as much sense as
>> building=yes
>> leisure=stadium
>>
>> And that is correct tagging... as far as I can see.
>> OSM grows like topsy ... add a bit here, another bit over here ..
>
>According to the wiki, it's not correct. Stadium is the whole area.
>
>Dave F.
>
>
>
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