[OSM-talk] Fw: Interesting tags

[Nick Whitelegg]

It's something of a shame that (at least I don't think it is) the planet 
analysis is no longer done, that always threw up some interesting 
results....

Nick


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To:     Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk>
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Subject:        Re: [OSM-talk] Interesting tags

Speaking of interesting tags, can't let this one go by unnoticed:
<tag k="name" v="MICK LOCKWOOS PLUSH PAD WHERE EVEY NITE IS
PARTY NITE" />


John

On 28 Feb 2007, at 16:58, Lester Caine wrote:

> OK I can understand the vast range of 'values' in the tag fields,
> but I
> think we need to tighten up on the names a little
>
> My import just  kicked out at
> "this was a children's playarea with a path leading through it. Didn't
> want to look too dodgy"
> in the key field.
>
> OK I know that the ' should have been quoted which actually caused the
> problem, but three hours in :(
>
> What are the chances of 'tiling' the planet.osm file, that is
> packaging
> it up in 250Mb chunks to make it easier to work with, and recover
> after
> problems?
>
> I think things are already at a size where I need to work out some way
> of simply syncing with the on-line data.
>
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