[talk-ph] Planned mechanical edits

maning sambale emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com
Mon May 28 07:06:31 BST 2012


I have no problems with your proposed edits as long as you don't
modify is_in tags in places=*.  Please document your progress in the
wiki.

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 12:13 PM, ianlopez <ian_lopez_1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Some of you may have heard of the Mechanical Edits Policy[0], which could be
> implemented in the near future.
>
> Here are my planned edits:
>
> 1. Change swimming pool tags (from amenity=swimming_pool to
> leisure=swimming_pool) and polygonize swimming pool POI's ; will be
> initially implemented in CALABARZON
> 2. Change is_in:* tags to addr:* tags; will be initially implemented in the
> 1st district of Makati[1]. is_in tags with place=* tags and admin boundary
> relations will not be affected by this planned edit.
> 3. Eliminate double spacing in names; will be initially implemented in
> CALABARZON and Bicol Regions.
> 4. Remove is_in:*, addr:* and other redundant tags in streets inside
> Caloocan and nearby areas
>
> Rationales:
> 1. leisure=swimming_pool is more descriptive than amenity=swimming_pool,
> swimming pool nodes do not appear on many maps and services powered by OSM
> data (as of this post)
> 2. addr:* tags are more appropriate for amenities, shops and other places of
> interest while is_in: tags are basically for cities, towns, villages and
> other administrative levels
> 3. Double spacing is deemed as a form of "tagging for the renderer" [2]
> 4. May not be useful (possible tagging clutter)
>
> Comments and suggestions are more than welcome.
>
>
> [0] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy
> [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/1788556
> [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_renderer
>
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