[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] Multipolygon: Allow nested inner polygons

Tue Mar 2 20:07:34 GMT 2010

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Torsten Leistikow <de_muur at gmx.de> wrote:
> WanMil schrieb am 02.03.2010 18:48:
>> The patch supports the complete multipolygon specification. And
>> additionally it is tolerant towards incorrect (but reasonable)
>> multipolygons.
>> So why should mkgmap be restrictive if it doesn't need to?
>
> Since there is not really a specification for the OSM tagging, mkgmap should not
> check the data for correctness but try to support as much taggings as possible.
> So for example in a style file you must also check for typical typing errors,
> e.g. "centre" vs "center".

I've listened to that argument for a while and I'm tired of it.
Complete anarchy when tagging make writing software to use OSM data
incredibly difficult.  At some point people are going to have to grow
up and come to an agreement on tagging standards and then stick to it.

-- 
Jeff Ollie