Translations:Proposal process/87/en

• Is it a destination in itself?
  • People may search for some locations, for example: a national park, a bus station, a street address or a rubbish dump, because they want to visit that location.
• How many of the item do you think there will be in the world?
  • For instance, you want to map an aero-engine factory - there are very few aero-engine factories in the world, so rather than creating a specific tag, this may be better served by using an existing man_made tag and specifying product=aero_engines.
• How large is the item?
  • Large items can assist with navigation.
• Is it useful for research/study?
  • A geography student may want to determine the total area of national parks in a given region.
  • A sociology student may want to map correlation between number/location of Porsche dealerships and houses greater than 600 m² in area.
  • A history student may want to show the locations of all battles in a given war.
• Does it assist in route-planning?
  • It is useful to know which junctions are traffic lights and which are roundabouts as this can affect journey times.
  • Truck drivers need to know the maximum height allowed under bridges, or the maximum weight allowed through population centres.
  • Traffic calming structures can affect journey times, routing software will generally not use roads with these on.
  • Walkers would want to know surfaces/conditions of walking tracks.