[Tagging] business closed for renovation - tagging best practice

[Svavar Kjarrval]

On 15/01/13 14:17, A.Pirard.Papou wrote:
> On 2013-01-15 14:23, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote :
>>
>> 2013/1/15 A.Pirard.Papou <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com
>> <mailto:A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>>
>>
>>     What about suggesting the shops to post their requests to
>>     OpenStreetBugs (1)?
>>
>>
>>
>> Or offer them a simple dedicated system to edit directly in OSM
>> (something very simple, which offers just the tags that are connected
>> to a certain topic, and which abstracts the tags from them, e.g. a
>> reduced version of potlatch or iD, without the possibility to edit
>> geometry).
>>
> Yes, that was also on my mind when I wrote, but I have a tendency to
> suggest the simplest solutions.
> What we're talking about now is heading towards assisted or supervised
> tagging, you name it.
> Sort of what Google wisely does to prevent anyone destroying Google Maps.
>
> Could (I'm sketching and confessing you my dream :-)) the editors,
> both simplified as you describe and fully featured), work in
> password-less mode (with warning and explanation)? Then, when OSM
> receives a password-less change set, after testing it for coherence,
> it would not apply it but send it to a pool for review?  Reviewers
> would pick and apply them effectively.  The main question is:  would
> there be enough reviewers to do the less enjoyable job of absorbing
> the input timely?  One could think of a quota system for everyone to
> do his homework to earn his membership.
> I have many reasons (real stories) to believe that something should be
> done also for improving some taggers' competence or taming the flurry
> of careless activity of others.  One idea would be extra validation
> optionally done by OSM itself, much the way JOSM checks the updates
> better than...  But here, the dream is recalled fuzzily to my brain ;-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> André.
>
>
>
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I expressed a similar idea some months ago but with all edits. But this
seems to be a much simpler version of it and easier to implement. It
could be implemented in a way that it could categorise the work between
designated areas, like countries or large areas within them so people
could limit themselves to areas they're more familiar with. If I'd
accept such a suggested change, I'd be responsible for it as the edit
would be registered to my account. Not all business owners have time or
the interest to learn about all the available tags in OSM, nevermind
registering for an account and apply them correctly. Such a system would
have the potential to partially solve this problem.

- Svavar Kjarrval
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