[OSM-talk] Import of buildings in Chicago

[Russ Nelson]

Worst Fixer writes:
 > I want know why importer uses following tags:
 > 
 > * chicago:building_id (314 330 objects, used by 2 users).

Very likely it's the database number in the source database.

This is Yet Another import from a database being maintained by someone
else. This is why we need a "closedstreetmap.org", which publishes, in
OSM format using the OSM API, data which cannot be sensibly edited.

 > If not needed this tags are, I hope they will be removed and not imported.

Why? Does it make sense to remove something which can be useful to
someone else?

Remember: it's not important (AT ALL) that everyone use tag X to map
feature Y. It *is* very important that everyone who uses tag X, use it
to map feature Y. It seems as if you think that feature Y should
always be mapped using tag X, and that if tag X does not correspond to
a physical characteristic of feature Y, it should be removed. I don't
think you will find much agreement on that.

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