[Talk-ca] Disgardable NHN and NRN tags

Paul Norman penorman at mac.com
Mon Jul 30 04:13:43 BST 2012


> From: Adam Dunn [mailto:dunnadam at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 5:57 PM
> To: Steve Singer
> Cc: Paul Norman; Toby Murray; talk-ca at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Disgardable NHN and NRN tags
> 
> I'd keep the accuracy:meters around. I've used that for other things
> (mainly denoting how accurate my gps is in obtaining geodetic survey
> markers, or what the accuracy is based on number of sample points being
> averaged). Wouldn't want JOSM to be wiping those out.

Why not accuracy instead? But ya, if you're using it then it'll need to be
kept.

> I think the ways tagged with sub_sea would need to be deleted, not just
> the tag itself. These tend to be hydrological topology connectors
> "under" lakes that show how rivers are connected. The entire way should
> be deleted to bring it in line with the rest of OSM.

Most of them need converting to waterway=stream (or other tags as
appropriate) and sub_sea deleting. A lot of them are small ponds or streams
where there would normally be a way.

> Not too sure about the waterway:type tag. Might be used in other places
> for other things?

Taginfo shows only the imported values - I doubt anyone is using this.

> Can't think of anything stopping us from getting rid of geobase:* tags.
> Canvec imports don't have this, so it's inconsistent across the country,
> and it's probably not used anywhere else.

The ones I listed were from BC - are there others elsewhere that also need
removing?




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