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authorJochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>2014-05-20 21:47:37 +0200
committerJochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>2014-05-20 21:47:37 +0200
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Everybody can come up with a new tag and add it to new or existing objects.
This makes OpenStreetMap enormously flexible, but sometimes also a bit hard
to work with.</p>
-
<p>Whether you are contributing to OSM or using the OSM data, there are always
questions like: What tags do people use for feature X? What tags can I use
for feature Y so that it appears properly on the map? Is the tag Z described
on the wiki actually in use and where?</p>
-
<p>Taginfo helps you by showing statistics about which tags are actually in the
database, how many people use those tags, where they are used and so on. It
- also gets information about those tags from the wiki and from other places. Taginfo
+ also gets information about tags from the wiki and from other places. Taginfo
tries to bring together all information about tags to help you understand
how they are used and what they mean. See a <a href="/sources">list of sources</a>
taginfo uses.</p>
@@ -54,10 +52,6 @@
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- <p>The software behind the taginfo sites is Open Source. It is available on
- <a class="extlink" href="https://github.com/joto/taginfo">GitHub</a>. We
- welcome any contributions.</p>
-
<p>The taginfo software was created and is maintained by
<a class="extlink" href="//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Joto">Jochen Topf</a>.
The web design was created by
@@ -67,20 +61,14 @@
<p>We need translators for the taginfo user interface. See the <a
href="/taginfo/translations">translations overview</a> for languages that need
- some work. Or you can always contribute translations into a new language. The
- <a class="extlink" href="https://github.com/joto/taginfo/tree/master/web/i18n">translations
- are done on GitHub</a>. More information on how to help is on the
+ some work. More information on how to help is on the
<a class="extlink" href="//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/I18N">OSM wiki</a>.</p>
<h3>Code</h3>
- <p>Programmers can
- <a class="extlink" href="https://github.com/joto/taginfo/">fork taginfo on GitHub</a>
- and play around with it. Each <a href="/sources">source</a> has its own import scripts
- (mostly shell scripts, Ruby, and SQL). The web interface is written in Ruby using
- the <a class="extlink" href="http://www.sinatrarb.com/">Sinatra</a> toolkit and
- with lots of Javascript.</p>
- <p>Also see the page about the <a class="extlink"
+ <p>All the software behind the taginfo sites is Open Source. You can get it on
+ <a class="extlink" href="https://github.com/joto/taginfo/">GitHub</a>. For an overview
+ see the page about the <a class="extlink"
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/Architecture">taginfo
architecture</a> on the OSM wiki.</p>
@@ -103,19 +91,20 @@
<p>Contact us on the
<a class="extlink" href="//lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/taginfo-dev">taginfo-dev mailing list</a>
if you have questions or want to help.</p>
- <p>If you are running your own taginfo instance, we recommend you join this list, too,
- so that you get notified when the software is updated or if there are other issues.</p>
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<td>
- <h2>About this taginfo site</h2>
+ <h2>About this site</h2>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="box">
- <p>Several <a class="extlink" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/Sites">taginfo sites</a>
+ <p>There isn't just one taginfo, there are several. The main taginfo site is
+ at <a href="http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/">taginfo.openstreetmap.org</a>,
+ but several
+ <a class="extlink" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/Sites">other taginfo sites</a>
are operated by different people.</p>
<p><%= TaginfoConfig.get('instance.description') %></p>
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