[Tagging] Fixing import

Mateusz Konieczny matkoniecz at tutanota.com
Fri Mar 1 09:58:39 UTC 2019


Maybe highway=unclassified added in this import should be retagged to highway=road
(the actual "no known classification" tag).

Would be painful short term but would improve data.

Feb 28, 2019, 1:56 PM by pelderson at gmail.com:

> Agreed. In Nederland, I think most mappers will agree. 
>
> It's just that a gazillion roads and streets have been tagged as unclassified based on an import assumption that unclassified means no known classification. Seems like a candidate for automated correction but... another gazillion roads actually are of class unclassified. 
>
> Meaning that correction is a herculic task and a huge incentive is needed. Since there is little impact on rendering and routing, no crowds are lining up to take this on.
>
> Vr gr Peter Elderson
>

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