[OSM-talk] Weird objects showing up in Toronto

[Karl Newman]

On Nov 28, 2007 2:54 AM, Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:
> In message <a4c775140711280218v7c859a2dq5f424cde05be0ea4 at mail.gmail.com>
>         Dave Stubbs <osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > But the recycling is actually in the planet:
> >
> >   <node id="59566115" lat="43.6443335" lon="-79.3943744"
> > timestamp="2007-09-24T00:11:28Z">
> >     <tag k="created_by" v="JOSM" />
> >     <tag k="highway" v="traffic_signals" />
> >     <tag k="description" v="Pedestrian crossing signals - do not
> > control Clarence Square or Wellington Street" />
> >     <tag k=" not activated as of 23 Sept 2007" v="yes" />
> >     <tag k="glass" v="yes" />
> >     <tag k="amenity" v="recycling" />
> >     <tag k="scrap_metal" v="yes" />
> >     <tag k="tyres" v="yes" />
> >     <tag k="glass_bottles" v="yes" />
> >   </node>
>
> Then the planet is wrong.
>
> > now this doesn't match what the API returns... the history request for
> > that node is just:
> > <osm version="0.5" generator="OpenStreetMap server">
> >   <node id="59566115" lat="43.6443335" lon="-79.3943744"
> > user="andrewpmk" visible="true" timestamp="2007-09-24T01:11:28+01:00">
> >     <tag k="created_by" v="JOSM"/>
> >     <tag k="highway" v="traffic_signals"/>
> >     <tag k="description" v="Pedestrian crossing signals - do not
> > control Clarence Square or Wellington Street"/>
> >   </node>
> > </osm>
> >
> > So my guess is a bug somewhere in the API.
>
> I beg to disagree - the API is returning exactly what is in
> the database.
>
> Tom

Maybe this is a node-tag semicolon issue raising its head. The wordy
extra tag after the description seems like it should be part of the
description, separated by a semicolon. That might explain why no other
tags after the description were returned.

Karl