[OSM-talk] Massive import of airports

[David Paleino]

Hello people,
today I've stumbled upon changeset 6682943 [0] in my area, and, digging
further, I found its companions listed in [1].

While I believe this is valuable information, I'm quite puzzled by the import.
In particular, it added nodes also to already well-mapped airports, with
missing information. Compare:

1) node 1042047005, added by the import

aeroway = aerodrome
iata = TPS
name = Trapani / Birgi Airport
source = ourairports.com

2) way 74837437,  pre-existing:

aeroway = aerodrome
closest_town = Trapani
ele = 7
iata = TPS
icao = LICT
name = Aeroporto di Trapani-Birgi
name:en = Trapani-Birgi Airport
name:it = Aeroporto di Trapani-Birgi
source = wikipedia
type = civil;military
wikipedia:en = Trapani-Birgi_Airport


I suspect this kind of different quality is present elsewhere too.

What do you think about reverting these changesets?


Kindly,
David

[0]: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6682943
[1]: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6683367
     http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6683351
     http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6683322
     http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6682893
     http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/6680143


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