[Talk-us] TIGER expansion bot

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:56 AM, Josh Doe <josh at joshdoe.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Serge Wroclawski <emacsen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> [...]
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>> The tiger.py file contains TIGER specific expansion code, and the
>> selection process is quite simple. The selector looks for ways which
>> have a "highway" key and a "name" key present in the tag.
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>
> Just to be clear (and from glancing at the code), this will only expand
> type/prefix/suffix if it has a corresponding tiger:* tag?

Yes.

> So if it is desired to also process roads without these tiger tags, then this would be
> part of a future discussion and bot run?

Correct. I think there is a good opportunity for discussion in this
area, but such a discussion should happen separately (after this).

Let's address the low hanging fruit now, and then we can talk about
the higher fruit later.

- Serge