[OSM-dev] Mixed character encoding in planet.osm - plan for fixing it

[Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)]

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> In parallel, I am thinking of cleaning up the database. First, I will
> try to make a list of all entries with non-valid UTF-8 encoding, based
> on the latest planet.osm.
>
> Is anyone else working on cleaning up this issue? I don't wan't to
> interfere.

to find the errors in planet.osm, you might find the following usefull:
./utils/planet.osm/C/UTF8sanitizer

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Joerg