What means the "Designation" in P2 building preset ? We have now "Name", "Building name" and "Designation" which is very confusing for newcomers (they simply copy/paste the same text 3 times, see this example). And the wiki about the key "designation" is about highways, not buildings. Would not be 'access' more appropriate ? asked 10 Apr '12, 15:23  Pieren |
2 Answers:
That is a bug in Potlatch2. As explained in the wiki, the key This has been filed as a bug: #4231 - In simple mode, the entry for the designation tag needs better explanation For now, just ignore the "Designation" field if you don't want to map rights of way. answered 12 Apr '12, 10:03  sleske |
The wiki page talks about "legal classification" - although many of the examples on that page are for highways, it doesn't limit itself to those. An example of a building with a legal classification in the designation tag is this one. Whether P2's tag presets should or should not contain something is probably best discussed on trac or the potlatch-dev list rather than here. Certainly where new mappers local to may start tagging inappropriately (e.g. using "name" for something that isn't actually a name, so that it shows up on standard view) I'd send them a "hello-and-welcome-and-by-the-way" mail about it; it would make sense for misuse of designation too. answered 12 Apr '12, 10:43  SomeoneElse ♦ 1 Problem: the bug is reported since 2 months and nothing happens although P2 is the first used editor by many newcomers (especially with the audience the project gets after so many articles/blogs in the media in the past few weeks). I could help to fix such things in JOSM but not in P2. (12 Apr '12, 12:29) Pieren Actually, the wiki page specifically writes "legal classification of a way" - nothing there mentions use on other objects. I think the example you give is a problematic use of the tag (as it's a totally different kind of designation). Anyway, I've posted my concerns on the trac report linked. (12 Apr '12, 12:48) sleske |
way <> highway. It may, as in the listed building example I gave, make perfect sense for a building.
However, the bug's a valid bug though - people do put rubbish into the designation tag.