[Talk-us] Need advice on a project i've taken on

[Hans De Kryger]

You can see the progress i've made so far
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/TheDutchMan13

*Regards,*

*Hans*

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Hans De Kryger <hans.dekryger13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> *Regards,*
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> *Hans*
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> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Andrew Matheny <andrewdmatheny at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> I think Walter makes a fair point, but on the other hand, issues with
>> TIGER data are easily apparent when looking at the streets (ways aren't
>> straight, curves are messy, intersections aren't square, etc.) or when
>> armchair mappers compare them to the imagery. If they're wanting to figure
>> out which ways may need review for geometry, the variety of philosophies on
>> the tiger:reviewed key should allow a search using that (since the most
>> liberal user usually removes the key after they fix geometry while the most
>> conservative leaves it until on-the-ground checking is done)
>>
>> Other fields (like speed limits, surface, etc.) are only going to be
>> there if a user added that data at a later date. If someone's looking to
>> add those missing fields, I think they'd be more likely to run an OverPass
>> query or do a simple JOSM search of the objects in their dataframe rather
>> than going by the date it was last edited.
>>
>> I think this is a great idea. To address Walter's point, I would think
>> about using a special username for this project (like TIGERzipremoval or
>> something) and making sure your changeset comments cleary state that it's
>> an automated edit to remove the obsolete tags. That way it's easy to see
>> when anyone pulls up a way's history.
>>
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> ​I would, but i already made over a million edits so far on my account.
> ​See link https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/tiger:zip_left#map
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>>
>> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:55 AM, Walter Nordmann <wnordmann at gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In Germany we say: don't touch an object just for cleanup.
>>>
>>> Cleanup without any other modifications (e.g in geometry)  will change
>>> the timestamp of that object (last changed!!!) and somebody may think: this
>>> way has been modified last week - so i don't need to check the geometry or
>>> the speed limit or something else.
>>>
>>> Ok, if you really change something, THEN you should cleanup old/unused
>>> tags.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> walter, aka wambacher
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>>> Am 11.06.2017 um 05:21 schrieb Mike N:
>>>
>>>>  I agree that removing the non standard tags is almost always OK.
>>>>
>>>>  What is the advantage of removing them all with an automated edit?
>>>> Their presence doesn't damage anything, and editors can add those tags to
>>>> their passive removal list.
>>>>
>>>>   The TIGER name expansion resulted in a large benefit by removing a
>>>> manual task.   Changing unused tags would only add to the history file for
>>>> a small benefit.
>>>>
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