[josm-dev] Similarly named ways

[Paul Hartmann]

Improvement of the validator code is welcome, but I think we should just
ignore the remaining false positives and don't add any validator-related
tags to the OSM data.

Paul

2015-01-03 18:55 GMT+01:00 Jo <winfixit at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> Maybe this is wishful thinking, but I'd like to eliminate as many false
> positives in the validator as possible.
>
> On the one hand I'd like to ask where it is developed. I may be able to
> lend a hand with the coding. There are some issues with bicycle and
> hiking/foot route relations, where until now I just shrugged and glossed
> over them, but it's better to fix it, as I'm noticing other contributors
> also stumble across them.
> I know a lot about how these route relations are used in The Netherlands,
> Belgium and parts of Germany (numbered node networks).
>
> On the other hand I'd like to propose a tag for nodes which are between
> streets like (real examples):
>
> Bruggesteenweg/Brugsesteenweg
> Ooststraat/Weststraat
>
> I don't think it makes sense to go through all the motions of proposing it
> on tagging, but I'll document it on the wiki if you consider using it in
> the validator.
>
> It might be more convenient to tag it on both adjacent ways, but then it
> would multiply when those ways are split.
>
> So adding it on the connecting node seems cleaner.
>
> It could be
>
> note=similarly_named_ways_boundary
>
> or
>
> similarly_named_ways_boundary=yes
>
> or
>
> something else altogether, as long as the validator can recognise and use
> it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Polyglot
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