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    <p><font face="Verdana">I agree, didn't say it is a violation (yet).</font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana">Combinations of the suspicious keys:</font></p>
    <p><font face="Verdana">road_name = <a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#combinations">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road_name#combinations</a><br>
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    <p><font face="Verdana">road = <a moz-do-not-send="true"
          href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road#combinations">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road#combinations</a><br>
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    <p><font face="Verdana">All seem to be in my opinion incorrect use
        and appeared massively in a very short time.</font><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/03/2021 21:27, Pierre Béland
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">We see a spike yes in
            objects references with road=*.   But we need to know what
            type of object they are describing. This tag can be the main
            tag that wants to refer to roads, or this can be a secondary
            tag used with a tag like historical=yes, memorial=*, etc.</div>
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Look for example at <a
              href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2209159511"
              rel="nofollow" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2209159511</a></div>
          <div>For the Taginfo chronology, the map shows the
            distribution and we see a lot of objects with road=* in
            Germany.  Suspecting more of these, <br>
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Below a short analysis
            with  Overpass queries to compare usage for nodes and ways
            comparing part of Europe with part of Africa.  In Germany,
            we observe that the tag <span> "historic": "milestone" is
              often used on nodes with road=Road name. In Africa, we
              find more ways that probably refer to highways.<br>
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">West Europe, 187 nodes <a
              href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vb" rel="nofollow"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vb</a> <span
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">                      79
            ways  <a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vc"
              rel="nofollow" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vc</a>
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Africa,               4
            nodes <a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vf"
              rel="nofollow" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14vf</a>
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">                     338
            ways  <a href="https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14ve"
              rel="nofollow" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/14ve</a></div>
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As you see, we need deeper
            analysis to find where this spike comes from.<br>
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          <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">regard</div>
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          <div> Le mercredi 3 mars 2021 12 h 55 min 16 s UTC−5, Bert
            -Araali- Van Opstal <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com"><bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com></a>
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                <p><font face="Verdana">Taginfo link for chronology: <a
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href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/road#chronology"
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                  <div class="ydpac337513yiv8287480535moz-cite-prefix">On
                    03/03/2021 20:33, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal wrote:<br
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                  <p><font face="Verdana">Just the key "road=*", search
                      for road in 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
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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
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