[Talk-us-massachusetts] Should we delete source, attribution & massgis:way_id from massgis highway import?

[Jason Woofenden]

> Jason Woofenden <jason at jasonwoof.com> writes:
> 
> >> When highways were imported from the Mass GIS database they included
> >> three tags that are of no importance.
> >> 
> >> * source (both ways & nodes are tagged)
> >> * attribution (both ways & nodes are tagged)
> >> * massgis:way_id (only the way is tagged)
> >
> > I think there's more tags that should be removed. Off the top
> > of my head:
> >
> > * width (wildly inaccurate and in the wrong units)
> >
> > * condition (wildly inaccurate and not kept up to date)
> >
> > * source:* (eg source:maxspeed)
> 
Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> writes:
> While I can see your points, I think it's best to bite off small project
> and do them, rather than roll lots of things in.  Two scripted edits are
> not much harder than one, and getting the uncontroversial one done
> brings value while the other ones are still being debated.

Oh, awesome, then I totally agree to just doing what's easy to get
approved in the [first] bot edit.

 
> For width/condition, I really wonder several things:
> 
>   is the current massdot data useful?

I doubt it, but I'm just operating on hearsay


>   do we want this in OSM, conceptually?

Width data could be potentially useful, and doesn't change much.

Condition changes kinda often, so I think it's bad to import it,
unless it is automatically updated every year or so.


>   is there some way to sync, updating if previous data was from massdot,
>   and leaving alone if not
> 
>   if so, is it worth it?

Possible: yes. Worth it: not unless the width data is wildly
improved from what I've heard years ago (unlikely.)

-- 
Jason