[talk-ph] Post-Mechanical Edit report (PNB/Allied Bank Mechanical Edits)

Rally de Leon ralleon at gmail.com
Thu Oct 31 03:39:57 UTC 2013


nice step-by-step guide. thanks :-)



On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:27 AM, ianlopez <ian_lopez_1115 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Last night, I made seven changesets [1] that are part of the PNB/Allied
> Bank Mechanical Edits.
>
> What I did:
> 1. Inform the mappers in the affected areas using this mailing list while
> simultaneously making a plan on how to manage the edits and publicizing
> them for comments and suggestions
> 2. Document my mechanical edits in the OSM Wiki
> 3. Make mechanical edits
> 4. Make a Post-Mechanical Edit report
>
> What I've noticed:
> 1. There are cases that bank branches have been relocated. An example of
> this was the Kidapawan branch, which was relocated to Calinan in Davao
> City[2]. Both nodes representing the two branches are currently tagged as
> PNB branches.
> 2. During the mechanical editing process, one duplicate node in Lapu-Lapu
> City was deleted while two buildings (one in Pampanga and one in Davao City
> have been stripped of their bank-related tags due to the One feature, one
> OSM element principle.
> 3. Except the instance when I encountered an edit conflict during the
> North Luzon leg of the mechanical edit, the mechanical editing process went
> smoothly as planned.
>
> What can you do after the recent mechanical edit:
> 1. Do on-the-ground surveys to confirm if the Allied Bank branch is now a
> PNB branch.
> 2. If you noticed that my mechanical edits do not correspond to the
> on-the-ground situation, do the following:
> 2.1 Message me to revert my mechanical edit for a certain branch or area.
> 2.2 Make the corresponding edits. Example: if the Allied Bank branch is
> not yet an PNB branch, re-tag it as name=Allied Bank and remove the
> old_name tag for the time being. If it becomes a PNB branch, change the
> tags to name=PNB; old_name=Allied Bank.
>
> To be done in future mechanical edits:
> 1. Notify users in affected areas at least 3 days before the planned
> mechanical edits through OSM inbox, since not everyone is a part of this
> mailing list.
> 2. Create a dedicated mechanical edits account
>
>
> [1] see
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edits/Ianlopez1115#PNB.2FAllied_Bank_tagging_change_.28October_2013.29
> [2]
> http://www.pnb.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600&Itemid=206- I didn't copy any information from this site
>
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