[Tagging] improve tagging of traffic_calming

[Chris Hill]

On 20/11/15 16:47, Gerd Petermann wrote:
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> So you think that every node tagged traffic_calming=* should
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> additionally be tagged with highway=traffic_calming?
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> That would mean  we have >99% traffic_calming nodes with
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> incorrect tagging.
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I think you misunderstand OSM. Your assumption of incorrect tagging is 
wrong. There is a diversity of tagging. That is how OSM works. Some will 
say 'how will data consumers deal with this muddle?'. That question is 
usually asked by people who have not tried to use OSM data. People who 
use OSM data know that it *always* needs processing to be useful for the 
particular use it is being put to. Dealing with that diversity is part 
of this processing and not especially difficult nor does it add much to 
the process. Anyone who has written such a process to do this then has a 
template to do this again easily.

Diversity in tagging is not a problem. Mechanical edits that destroy 
detail or upset precious mappers who have their carefully chosen tagging 
replaced by a remote person are a problem.

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Cheers, Chris (chillly)