[Tagging] Typo fix for tunnel=building_passage and how to proceed in the future

LeTopographeFou letopographefou at gmail.com
Sat Sep 10 12:21:46 UTC 2016


By the way the subject of the mail was "Typo fix for 
tunnel=building_passage and how to proceed in the future" and not a 
discussion on which tag to choose, so I restore it to not confuse 
people. Please don't associate with my question something else ;-) .

Yours,

LeTopographeFou

Le 10/09/2016 à 13:35, LeTopographeFou a écrit :
>
> Thank you for your feedback.
>
> This is an important topic but I think that fixing a typo and 
> approving a tag are two different needs. Whether this tag is validated 
> or not, I think it should be fixed because the intent of those 
> contributors was to put building_passage and not those fancy 
> variations, even if they are wrong. It can also help to highlight 
> errors in some tools.
>
> Yours,
>
> LeTopographeFou
> Le 10/09/2016 à 13:23, Simone Saviolo a écrit :
>> Yes, an obvious one: a building_passage *goes through a building* :)
>>
>> Semantically it is quite important to distinguish between a 
>> colonnade/arcade and a building passage (BTW, also arcades and 
>> colonnades have their own tag). covered=yes just implies that the 
>> building is over the highway, but it might even mean that a 
>> protruding balcony "covers" the way.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Simone
>>
>> 2016-09-10 13:09 GMT+02:00 Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com 
>> <mailto:davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com>>:
>>
>>     Hmm...
>>     The building_passage tag (65 445) is a new one to me.
>>     http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/tunnel=building_passage
>>     <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/tunnel=building_passage>
>>
>>     Looking at the wiki it's very similar to covered=yes (254 624)
>>     http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/covered
>>     <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/covered>
>>
>>     I thought there was a discussion here where it was agreed to be a
>>     tunnel it would need to be below natural ground (ie a mountain or
>>     river bed).
>>     These 'building_passage' all appear to be at ground level.
>>
>>     Is there a difference I'm not aware of?
>>
>>     Dave F.
>>
>>     On 10/09/2016 11:42, LeTopographeFou wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello,
>>>
>>>     I've noticed several typo errors in tag values. I would like to
>>>     fix them when it is obvious. When they all came from one user,
>>>     it's easy to contact him and agree on a fix. When it's worldwide
>>>     and multi contributors it becomes difficult to identify the
>>>     right contributor for each tag and contact them one by one
>>>     (unless there is a tool to say "this value for this key of
>>>     this/those object(s) have been assigned by Xxx, Yyy..."). In all
>>>     cases I want to document the edit in the wiki. But do I have to
>>>     ask for a vote/discussion for automated typo edits? The wiki is
>>>     unclear on this point.
>>>
>>>     So I've made a proposal here for a first edit:
>>>     http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits/LeTopographeFou#.23002_-_Typos_with_tunnel.3Dbuilding_passage
>>>     <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Automated_edits/LeTopographeFou#.23002_-_Typos_with_tunnel.3Dbuilding_passage>
>>>
>>>     Thank you for your feedback
>>>
>>>       * vote is ok
>>>       * don't worry, document and do when it's obvious
>>>       * edit one by one/contact authors one by one
>>>       * do nothing and let the time do his work
>>>       * are you silly? automated edits are evil for typos!
>>>       * ... ?
>>>
>>>
>>>     Yours,
>>>     -- 
>>>     LeTopographeFou
>>>
>>>
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