[Talk-GB] addr:place cleanup process

[Tom Crocker]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 19:26, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> There has not really been any comments on the process steps in JOSM so I
> don't know if I should proceed or not. I guess I will wait a bit longer as
> it's only been a day so far.
>
> In the meantime, I was thinking about what other approaches we could use
> to help with this clean up effort. I realised that there is the OS Open
> Names data set which includes a list of populated places (i.e.
> settlements). If these values match an addr:place tag then it is a good
> indication that the addr:place tag is wrong and should be addr:suburb or
> addr:city instead.
>
> I have therefore made a spreadsheet of all the addr:place tag values
> (downloaded from TagInfo GB) that match an OS Open Names "populatedPlace"
> value.
>

Hi Rob

That's a really good idea to match addr:place with OS Open Names.

In principle it seems a good idea to clean up the use of addr:place where
it shouldn't go with the house number, I guess we just need to be on the
lookout for very small places where this might be the case? Regarding the
process, I think it might be worth looking briefly at the addr:street tag.
If it is different, particularly lots of values, that indicates addr:place
should be addr:suburb. If there is only a few values (or more likely one),
perhaps addr:street should be addr:parentstreet and more caution is needed
before changing addr:place. You might also get a sense from looking at the
map, e.g. how long is the 'street', how large is the 'place'.

Cheers

Tom
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