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<table class="boxes" width="100%">
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<td><h2><%= h(t.taginfo.about) %></h2></td>
<td rowspan="4" width="20"></td>
<td><h2>Building on taginfo</h2></td>
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<td><h2>The taginfo Software</h2></td>
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<td class="box">
<p>OpenStreetMap uses <b>tags</b> to add meaning to geographic objects. There
is no fixed list of those tags. New tags can be invented and used as needed.
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 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>
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<p>You can use the data from taginfo in your own projects:</p>
<h3>API</h3>
<p>Taginfo data can be accessed through a REST API. See the
<a href="/taginfo/apidoc">API documentation</a> for the details, some general information is
<a class="extlink" href="//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/API">on the OSM wiki</a>.
The servers running the taginfo API do not have unlimited resources.
Please use the API responsibly. If in doubt contact the maintainers of the
site you are using or talk to us on the mailing list.</p>
<h3>Download</h3>
<p>If you want to play around with the data used by taginfo, you can download the
regularly updated Sqlite database files. All the preprocessing is done for you.
See the <a href="/download">download page</a> for a list of files. Note that
some of these files can get quite large. If you want to download them regularly,
talk to us first on the mailing list.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>The data available through taginfo is licenced under ODbL, the
<a class="extlink" href="//www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">same
license as the OpenStreetMap data</a>.</p>
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<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
<a class="extlink" href="http://www.ctd-studio.co.uk/">Christian Topf</a>.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>We need translators for the taginfo user interface. See the <a
href="/taginfo/translations">translations overview</a> for languages that need
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>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>
<h3>Running your own instance</h3>
<p>You can run your own
<a class="extlink" href="//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/Sites">taginfo site</a>,
for instance with data for just your own country. Instructions are
<a class="extlink" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Taginfo/Running">on the OSM
wiki</a>.</p>
<h3>Bug reports and feature requests</h3>
<p>Bug reports and feature requests should be directed to the <a class="extlink"
href="https://github.com/joto/taginfo/issues">GitHub issue tracker</a>. Or you can
come talk to us on the mailing list.</p>
<h3>Contact/Mailing list</h3>
<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>
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<h2>About this site</h2>
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<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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