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<p>Thank you all, I appreciate the confirmation.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>Lee</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2024-03-23 14:07, Daniel Bégin
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Agreed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I do the
same as soon as I modify a highway=*.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Daniel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PS: For
those interested, you can also ask your questions here :
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a
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Nate Wessel <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bike756@gmail.com"><bike756@gmail.com></a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 23 March, 2024 11:45<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:talk-ca@openstreetmap.org">talk-ca@openstreetmap.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Talk-ca] Removing source=* when
editing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Agreed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I'm sometimes even a little more aggressive, especially when
dealing with geobase street imports. The "attribution" field
can also safely be dropped, IMO,and so can fields like "<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:geobase:acquisitionTechnique?uselang=en"
title="The wiki description page for the geobase:acquisitionTechnique tag"
moz-do-not-send="true">geobase:acquisitionTechnique</a>" and
"statscan:rbuid", especially if the geometry has changed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I'll sometimes merge segmented streets like <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/36820145"
moz-do-not-send="true">
this one</a> into one geometry, if all the other meaningful
tags are otherwise the same and drop those fields that were
created just for the import.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>It's all still there in the revision history, but it makes
the current data easier to work with.
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<p>-Nate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This aligns with my practice as well. I
frequently encounted it on buildings, where the source
might have been Bing when the building was first drawn 14
years ago, but if the geometry has been changed since, of
course it makes sense to remove the source tag on
building.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See also <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:source"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:source</a> which
mentions that these days it is more common to specify
source on the changesets, rather than on individual
objects. This is done automatically or semi-automatically
by editing software, and avoids the problem of outdated
source=* tags persisting on objects.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wouldn't go around removing source=*
from objects I am _not_ otherwise editing, though.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Jarek<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Mar 23, 2024, at 11:20, Lee via
Talk-ca wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm curious to know what general
consensus is when editing an existing <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">feature that includes a source=*
tag. I am inclined to remove the tag, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">but wonder what others are doing, and
what is generally acceptable <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">practise.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For example: While editing an
existing road segment with the tag <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">source=Geobase, I improve its
geometry and add additional tags. While <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">source=Geobase may have been it's
original source on import, it no <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">longer reflects the feature currently
in the database. And if <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">source=Geobase is important to retain
as metadata, it remains in the <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">version history for historical
context.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So I have been removing the source=*
tag on features I edit. (Usually). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does this fit with community
expectations?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lee.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Nate Wessel<br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cartographer, Planner,
Transport Nerd<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="text-decoration:none">NateWessel.com
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