[OSM-newbies] Bot edit

[John Chambers]

Actually it probably wasn't bad TIGER data, but a bug in the original TIGER
import, that created the name tag from

tiger:name_base + tiger:name_type + tiger:name_direction_suffix

when it shouldn't have used the name_direction_suffix at all.


On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 4:51 PM, John Chambers <jchamml at gmail.com> wrote:

> You are right, it was bad TIGER data, but do we have to expand it? it
> isn't noticable when it is just sw, but when it is Southwest,  and it is on
> ever street in the area, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
>
> So, back to my original question, Do I have to manually revert the ones I
> am familiar with?
>
> And, let me add another question.  When I edit areas I am familiar with,
> should I delete all the TIGER tags, so they don't get picked up in future
> bot edits?
>
> Thanks,
> Upstream
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I just saw the message that this was for bot-mode.
>>
>> This is the bot that I ran last year.
>>
>> bot-mode only expanded directions when the direction was what was
>> indicated by TIGER. The bot isn't responsible for bad TIGER data.
>>
>> - Serge
>>
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