[Talk-GB] Zebra crossings being lost in iD - how to respond

[Jez Nicholson]

+1 for a bot edit

are you suggesting to just add crossing_ref=zebra, or to convert
crossing=zebra into highway=crossing + crossing=uncontrolled too?

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 8:23 AM Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at tutanota.com>
wrote:

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> 24 Oct 2019, 22:48 by rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com:
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> Hi all,
>
> *Before I start this message, I would like to say that I am looking for
> solutions and not wishing to open the flood gates on abuse of the iD
> editors. On the whole they do a great job and even when we disagree it
> should be with respect. Right now on to the message itself:*
>
>
> It seems like the iD editor's "upgrade this" feature is replacing
> crossing=zebra with crossing=marked but NOT adding crossing_ref=zebra to
> the node. If lots of users make use of this "feature" in the UK then we
> stand to lose some valuable data. Taginfo UK says there are 4,710
> crossing=zebra features in the UK.
>
> I have added a comment on to the GitHub issue but no reply yet.
> https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/6962
>
> I would suggest opening a new issue request GB specific - maybe with
> something like
> "I checked sample of 100 crossing tagged this way, error rate is low".
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> Comments in a closed issue are likely to be lost/unnoticed.
>
> Though with just 5k crossing it seems that bot edit would be preferable if
> - error rate is considered low
> - crossing_ref tagging is acceptable
> - there is no realistic plan to fight with iD over deprecating
> crossing=zebra
> - bot edits are considered as acceptable
>
> Why bot edit is preferable?
> - cooperation with iD developers is not necessary
> - more people can do it (I may do it in case of a clear support)
> - adding complex region-based handling for 5k objects is making
> maintenance of editor
> complex, it is likely to not be done by iD developers
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