[OSM-newbies] Bot edit

[John Chambers]

I don't think it is only one or two errors.  In my area, it looks like
probably 3 out of 5 ways are affected.  Can  you query the data and tell me
how many?  If it is only one or two hundred, give me the list and I'll fix
them.



On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>
> The bot doesn't know what is good vs bad street name data.
>
> > 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 fix it.
>
> > So, back to my original question, Do I have to manually revert the ones
> I am
> > familiar with?
>
> Revert? No. Fix them. Don't re-contract the street names.
>
> > 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?
>
> No. Don't delete TIGER tags. If there has been a user who had edited
> the name, the bot wouldn't have expanded it.
>
> bot-mode ran only after months of consultation and testing. One  or
> two errors out of over a million ways is a tiny error.
>
> - Serge
>
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