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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hi,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I agree with both. I've been removing is_in tags here and there since a few months as JOSM encourages to do so.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">By the way, I also noticed that at some places streets (highways) have an is_in tag.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Regards,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">StijnRR<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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Op woensdag 5 februari 2020 16:37:26 CET schreef Midgard <midgard+talkbe@janmaes.com>:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Dear mappers<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If you ever touched a place node, chances are you saw it was cluttered with:<br></div><div dir="ltr">- tags with a "openGeoDB:" prefix and<br></div><div dir="ltr">- "is_in" tags.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I hereby propose a mechanical edit to delete those from all features in Belgium.<br></div><div dir="ltr">The Overpass query to fetch the data is <a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Qqa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Qqa</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- The openGeoDB tags date to 2008, when the plan was to keep populations updated from the openGeoDB<br></div><div dir="ltr"> database. This never happened and probably never will.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> Information about OpenGeoDB on the wiki: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenGeoDB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenGeoDB</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"> For an example, see <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/79382706/history" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/79382706/history</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">- The is_in tags are largely obsolete. The administrative boundaries replace them.<br></div><div dir="ltr"> They're also not uniform in OSM to begin with. Some examples:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> - Beernem: is_in=Belgie, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen<br></div><div dir="ltr"> - Sint-Andries: is_in=Brugge,West-Vlaanderen,Belgium,Europe<br></div><div dir="ltr"> - Hoekskensstraat: is_in=Lebbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen<br></div><div dir="ltr"> - Meise: is_in=Vlaams-Brabant,Belgium,Europe<br></div><div dir="ltr"> is_in:continent=Europe<br></div><div dir="ltr"> is_in:country=Belgium<br></div><div dir="ltr"> is_in:province=Flemish Brabant<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Why remove them? For data users they create the impression that this is data they can use.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Mappers may be confused about them and waste time maintaining them. They are not useful to anyone.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I'd like to collectively make a decision ("go" or "no go") by the end of the month, 29 February.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Please send in your comments, even if it's just "not sure, maybe we shouldn't do this"!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kind regards,<br></div><div dir="ltr">Midgard<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Talk-be mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:Talk-be@openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talk-be@openstreetmap.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be</a><br></div></div>
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