<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa9a8a145yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I presently go through a list of 107 highways who have with both highway and road with the same  classification.  I validate each and remove the road tag.<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpa9a8a145signature"><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;"> <br><font style="background-color: inherit;" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br></span></div></div>
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                    Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 13 h 38 min 30 s UTC−5, Pierre Béland <pierzenh@yahoo.fr> a écrit :
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                <div><div id="ydpe6cb62e3yiv3690038017"><div><div class="ydpe6cb62e3yiv3690038017ydpd5579a9fyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr">Looking again at the chronology, we see that road=yes is often combined with the key highway. These road=yes could be removed.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">This Overpass query shows 706 such ways.</div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vp</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpe6cb62e3yiv3690038017ydpd5579a9fsignature"><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;"> <br clear="none"><font style="background-color:inherit;" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br clear="none"></span></div></div>
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                    Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 13 h 20 min 29 s UTC−5, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com> a écrit :
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    <p><font face="Verdana">Seems to proceed in the same extend with the
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        All values are in an Asian script, I presume Chinese,
        geograhically concentrated in Taiwan and Melbourne, Australia.</font></p>
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          Taginfo tab KEY.<br clear="none">
          In Taginfo I searched for the key, got a long list with all
          kinds of keys containing the word "road", then selected just
          "road" from the list returned by taginfo.<br clear="none">
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      <p><font face="Verdana">If you go to chronology tab you see the
          spikes very clearly.</font></p>
      <p><font face="Verdana">Greetings,</font></p>
      <p><font face="Verdana">Bert Araali</font><br clear="none">
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              details about the tags you spotted in taginfo as not
              valid, not using the highway key.</div>
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            <div dir="ltr">From there, it should be
              easy for us to propose an Overpass query.</div>
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            <div> Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 12 h 18 min 37 s UTC−5, Bert
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                  <p><font face="Verdana">Dear all,</font></p>
                  <p><font face="Verdana">I was recently working on some
                      local proposals and, through taginfo, saw some
                      recent spikes in the use of the non approved and
                      discouraged use of the road key (should be
                      highway).<br clear="none">
                      The spikes, due to their amount and short
                      time-frame in which they appear seem to be
                      indicating unnoticed mass or automated edits.<br clear="none">
                      Do they need closer attention / investigation and
                      action to revert ?<br clear="none">
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                  <p><font face="Verdana">1. Jan 2017 - spike of +-500,
                      seems to be reverted by +-300 by Mar 2017<br clear="none">
                      2. Mar 2019 - spike of +-400, not reverted<br clear="none">
                      3. Sep/Okt 2020 to Feb 2021 - spike of +-800, not
                      reverted and continuing at a worrying rate</font></p>
                  <p><font face="Verdana">These 3 spikes together make
                      up 3/4 of the total use cases of the road key.<br clear="none">
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                  <p><font face="Verdana">Would appreciate some help
                      with taginfo / overpass trubo / other tools to get
                      more insight on the phenomena.</font></p>
                  <p><font face="Verdana">Greetings,</font></p>
                  <p><font face="Verdana">Bert Araali<br clear="none">
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