[Talk-GB] Brand Tags and Wikidata?

Paul Berry pmberry2007 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 9 16:24:41 UTC 2021


Chris,

Interesting point. Even if it has, it's probably wrong as Aldi Süd is the
parent company for Aldi's UK operations...

Regards,
*Paul*

On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 15:07, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the replies. Robert's list looks like a to-do list/ Mapillary
> task. On the subject of Aldi, a quick scan of the list shows an Aldi NORD,
> too. I wonder if that's European branding that has crept in?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2021, 14:41 Robert Whittaker (OSM lists), <
> robert.whittaker+osm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 at 12:47, Chris Andrew <cjhandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Looking at the 'Brand' issue, from a different perspective, is it
>> possible to query Wikidata for a list of brands, then compare it to OSM
>> brands in a given location (eg, UK), then raise git PRs to implement the
>> delta. The outcome of this would be to have more standardized data, which
>> in turn means better international/ local translations.
>>
>> I've already implemented a partial solution to this at
>> https://osm.mathmos.net/chains/nsi-missing.cgi
>>
>> It's only partial, since it only looks at existing brand:wikidata=*
>> tags. It then simply flags up any wikidata brand IDs that appear on UK
>> OSM objects and don't have an entry in the NSI (which controls the iD
>> presets).
>>
>> Note that the current top brand "Aldi" is a result of the NSI changing
>> the accepted wikidata value for UK Aldis from
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125054 to
>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41171672 without proposing a bulk edit
>> to correct the existing values. Some other entries may be for brands
>> that no longer exist, where the NSI has removed them but we still have
>> some objects tagged in OSM.
>>
>> Robert.
>>
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>> Robert Whittaker
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