[Tagging] type=* tags on trees

[Yves]

Hello,
Can you elaborate on your workflow, what do you mean exactly by sparse editing in JOSM?
Regards,
Yves 

Le 18 août 2021 20:36:57 GMT+02:00, Casper Kersten <casperkersten1 at gmail.com> a écrit :
>Dear readers of the Tagging mailing list,
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>I discovered that there are over 36,000 trees tagged with type=*, a tag
>that is normally reserved for relations. After checking the tags in JOSM, I
>found that many different tags are duplicates of approved or de facto
>tagging schemes.
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>Some examples:
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>type=Ahorn - 200 uses - should be genus:de=Ahorn
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>type=broad_leaf - 18 uses - should be leaf_type=broadleaved
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>type=broadleaved - 132 uses - should be leaf_type=broadleaved
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>type=deciduous - 85 uses - should be leaf_cycle=deciduous
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>type=Eiche - 261 uses - should be genus:de=Eiche
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>type=eucalyptus tree - 22 uses - should be genus=Eucalyptus
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>type=evergreen - 159 uses - should be leaf_cycle=evergreen
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>type=Lime - 49 uses - should be genus:en=Lime
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>type=needleleaved - 33 uses - should be leaf_type=needleleaved
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>type=Oak - 22 uses - should be genus:en=Oak
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>type=oak - 87 uses - should be genus:en=Oak
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>type=pine - 54 uses - should be genus:en=Pine
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>etc.
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>I propose to retag many of the type=* tags on trees to other common tagging
>schemes with sparse editing in JOSM in a single changeset. I am familiar
>with the tagging schemes and I am experienced with sparse editing in JOSM.
>Of course, only tags of which we can be sure will be changed.
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>A very similar issue exists with other nodes and ways that are related to
>vegetation, such as landuse=forest and natural=wood. I suggest addressing
>this at a later moment with the experience of the current topic.
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>I do not propose to translate any genus:de and genus:en tags to genus=*,
>because in my opinion this topic deserves a separate discussion.
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>I do not propose to retag type=palm, which is used on about 31,000 trees,
>also because in my opinion this topic deserves a separate discussion. I
>would like to focus on the other type=* tags on trees.
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>Best regards,
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>Casper (Friendly_Ghost)
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>P.s. My https://overpass-turbo.eu/ query for reference:
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>[out:xml][timeout:600];
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>node["natural"="tree"]["type"];
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>(._;>;);
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>out meta;
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