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38359430 almost 10 years ago

Hi Welcome to OSM.
This node looks a little out of place so close the the highway. You'll notice similattags, such as the Airport Tavern, are set back from the road close to the centre of the area they're representing, If you know where the car rental is located could you move the node to that position?

37749403 almost 10 years ago

Yes, but I think Tagging is the more appropriate forum.

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I need to clarify I reverted the edit, not due to 'tagging choices', but that there were three different George Pubs. All Mar Mar's additional tags have been added to the existing way. Between us we've made the OSM database more accurate & detailed.

37749403 almost 10 years ago

Good question, & one I've thought about but come to no concrete conclusions. I believe there should be some kind of tag, be it amenity=place_of_worship or some other tag, to define the extent of a place of worship's property which could encompass things such as the building, graveyards, church halls, car parks etc. I'm in two minds whether building=church/synagogue etc. automatically defines where the actual act of worship takes place so frees up amenity=place_of_worship to be used on the boundary.

37749403 almost 10 years ago

@SK53
The reason Mar Mar added amenity=pub (well, restaurant actually), not only to the building but as a node, was his failure to notice the boundary & the icon in both the render & the editor, not due to tagging choice .
'Retail' isn't a substitute for defining a boundary of individual premises.
@Ed
The wiki appears to be out dated & doesn't take into account detailed mapping. Wiki pages should be amended to suit tagging practices, not the other way around.

37749403 almost 10 years ago

Thanks for the replies

Please don't tag incorrectly to suit a failing of just one renderer. Remember this is a database & their are many different renderings taken from it.

Similar to schools, the amenity=* tag should be a closed polygon encompassing the full area of usage by the organisation with individual entities mapped within. This removes the need for explicit tagging (the car park's name could be removed) or relations, which shouldn't really be used just to collect entities together.

Any failure to notice the icon might be overcome if those in charge of mapnik carto might be persuaded to render the polygon. So far, they appear extremely reluctant to do so.

37749403 almost 10 years ago

The George is already there.

37705026 almost 10 years ago

Could you contact the app's creators please & let them know that trunk roads are assumed accessible by foot.

Do you know why it's only a few disjointed sections?

37705026 almost 10 years ago

Which app was failing to interpret OSM data correctly?

37232768 almost 10 years ago

Hi Miko

FYI I've started a discussion on the Tagging forum regarding using relations to tag bridges.

37165908 almost 10 years ago

No problem, Marcus. Details like this are what make OSM better than other online maps. Keep mapping.

37165908 almost 10 years ago

Hi Readie
Welcome to OSM.
I've amended your bike parking slightly duplicating both node & polygon would have made the total parking spaces = 40.

If you draw rectangular boxes there's an option to 'square them up' in the toolbar

Cheers
Dave F.

37097704 almost 10 years ago

You appear to be misunderstanding. It's not the linear ways (waterway=river) that's the problem, but the polygon denoting the riverbanks.(waterway=riverbank).

It's disappointing you can't see the clear benefit of not tagging canal banks as river banks.

37097704 almost 10 years ago

Hi Malcolm
Being in the majority doesn't automatically make it correct nor a reason not to change. If a better way to tag is conceived, making it easier for the data to be used, then it should be adopted. As in previous occurrences this is a gradual process often brought about by messages like mine.

Changing a valid tag for a non preferred one does not improve the database.

I originally tagged waterway=riverbank. A couple of months later the newer way was point out to me. I was mildly irritated as I'd spent a lot of time tagging them, but I saw it was an improvement, so put in the extra time to amend them.

37097704 almost 10 years ago

Hi Malcolm
tagging waterway=riverbank is now not the preferred way to tag:

osm.wiki/Proposed_features/Water_details

Using natural=water, water=* allows data users to more easily determine whether it's a river, canal, lake etc.

https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2014-February/016422.html

36962708 almost 10 years ago

What was the mistake?
Why have you deleted the religion tag?

36940576 almost 10 years ago

The link to gave ot the install page is incomprehensible gobbledygook. How anyone is meant to decipher is byond me. Typical of so many OSM wiki help pages.

Did you know about these addition from the carto forum discussion?

36940576 almost 10 years ago

You serious expect users to set up their own carto just to see why it isn't working properly? Please get Sandbox to render the test database.

36824880 almost 10 years ago

Presuming the road does have weight restriction signage, of course.

36824880 almost 10 years ago

Hi CDPC

Welcome to OSM

If this road is unsuitable for HGVs could you please tagged these roads (& any others in the vicinity) as per this widely used tag:
maxweight=*

Thanks Dave F.

36785564 almost 10 years ago

Hi Richard
Have the lines down Merchant's Way been newly uncovered?

Has there been some major work on the dockside?