[OSM-talk] Chain Store Cleanup

[Janko Mihelić]

If we want to unify a kind of chain store, I think we should leave the name
tag, and focus on other tags. Some examples are ref:vatin=* for the vat id
of the store, brand:wikidata=* for the wikidata id of the brand owner,
website=* for the central website, or we can find a new better tag that
should be the same with all certain chain stores. Names should be left to
the local mapper.

Janko

pet, 1. svi 2015. 17:39 pmailkeey . <pmailkeey at googlemail.com> je napisao:

> On 1 May 2015 at 16:07, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
>
>> Andrew,
>>
>> On 05/01/2015 12:04 AM, Andrew MacKinnon wrote:
>> > I am trying to figure out a way of cleaning up incorrect chain store
>> > data in OSM. For example there are 1422 instances of "McDonalds" in
>> > OSM (should be McDonald's) and 203 instances of "Tim Horton's" (should
>> > be Tim Hortons).
>>
>> That's a very "computer person" approach to take. In fact, the
>> "McDonald's" issue has already been tried by someone in the past with an
>> undiscussed mechanical edit, promptly falsifying a few non-chain
>> non-fastfood places that *really* were called McDonalds just as you
>> mention.
>>
>> I don't think that is something that really advances the quality in OSM,
>> and I would encourage you to grab a notepad and venture outside to do
>> some mapping. That way you wouldn't be scripting world-wide cleanup
>> operations but who knows, you might actually add real value to OSM.
>>
>> Leave the mis-spelled "McDonalds" to those who map in the area. Maybe it
>> encourages them.
>>
>>
> I'd go for the mechanical edit. Actually, I'd go for a central single
> point of maintenance for store names - so we change them all with one
> change.
>
> Doing manual edits, how long does it take OSM to reflect the name change
> globally ? It's my guess that this would be less accurate than changing
> them all in one move. The change should of course be name --> old_name and
> then a new name applied. I'm also in favour of being ahead of the game -
> gives a better impression that the map's well up to date.
>
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