[Imports] Importing fuel stations in UK and future similar imports

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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On 14. May 2017, at 00:29, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

>> 1) as a mapper you don't know how to deal with them because it is not clear to what they refer (a single property, a combination of properties, the land that has the tag, etc.), and how you should treat them when you modify something
>
> None of the above. It's clear to me that it if refers to the mapped
> entity. Like any other tag does.


Maybe I wasn't clear, I'll try to explain it again: the only true
"entities" in osm are nodes, ways and relations, the rest depends on
the interpretation of tags. Given that many mappers mix what might be
perceived by some as different "features", we can't even know if the
proprietary tag is a feature on its own or a property of one or more
of the other features/entities. It's all about interpretation and you
can't interpret a tag with unknown meaning or referring to a database
you don't know.

Cheers,
Martin