[Tagging] RFC #2: Lake, pond, and reservoir proposal

[Dave F]

On 03/01/2022 14:30, Brian M. Sperlongano wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 8:15 AM Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>     There will be no creation of new errors, just
>     existing ones moved to a different tag. Automatic edits will always
>     produce fewer errors than anyone mistyping or selecting the incorrect
>     choice from a pop down menu when editing individual objects.
>
>
> For those of you familiar with my activities regarding rivers, it 
> should come as no surprise that I looked into doing this for 
> reservoirs (at least starting in the United States).  The main problem 
> is that there is a vast number of objects that are mis-tagged as 
> something else, typically a basin, or a water treatment pond, or a 
> cattle tank.

I'm unsure why you think the affects transferring landuse=reservoir tag 
to natural=water, water=reservoir.


> In addition, there are some major hangover effects from old imports - 
> 40,000 landuse=reservoir GNIS nodes in the US that need to get merged, 
> traced, or deleted.

Again, I see this as irrelevant to your proposal.

Cheers
DaveF
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