[Imports] UPLOADING U-WIMP project data to osm

[Mateusz Konieczny]

name tag is for names, not for descriptions

this info can be tagged, but not as a fake names

Nov 6, 2022, 23:08 by sn00013 at mix.wvu.edu:

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> On one thing. In this entire dataset, the most important attribute is the name: [deep_borehole, protected_spring, etc]. Our water infrastructures do not have extra name tags besides those. Also according to the Key/Value Pair of OSM in Uganda, this is exactly what we have and so what I used. Why should this be rejected for upload? 
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> Thank you!
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> Stellamaris
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 2:37 PM Frederik Ramm <> frederik at remote.org> > wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>  
>>  I have looked at the list of proposed tags on the wiki page and I 
>>  suggest the following changes:
>>  
>>  source - don't add this to individual objects, only to changesets. Also 
>>  "source=YouthMappers" is not very helpful if the YM data itself has been 
>>  collected partly through survey (then put source=survey) and partly 
>>  through remote mapping from imagery (source=whatever the image source was).
>>  
>>  date - you put "no" in your "osm upload" column but you could probably 
>>  upload this as survey_date
>>  
>>  name - under no circumstances should you use descriptive names like 
>>  "Deep Borehole", "Protected Spring", "Rain Water Harvest Tank", "Shallow 
>>  Well". Your import would very likely be reverted if you did that. Fill 
>>  the "name" tag only if the object actually has a name (like for example 
>>  "Kitagata Hot Springs" or so).
>>  
>>  Operator:type - do not capitalise. If you really want to put "Name of 
>>  operating entity" there, do not use "operator:type", just "operator".
>>  
>>  fees - use "fee" (no s)
>>  
>>  Operational_status - do not capitalise. Research values.
>>  
>>  pump - I am unsure about this. Others with more water infrastructure 
>>  mapping experience might advise.
>>  
>>  addr:* tags - do not use. They are for objects that can receive physical 
>>  mail, not for water pumps.
>>  
>>  Bye
>>  Frederik
>>  
>>  -- 
>>  Frederik Ramm  ##  eMail >> frederik at remote.org>>   ##  N49°00'09" E008°23'33"
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