[OSM-talk] Can wikidata links help fight name inflation?

[Daniel Koć]

W dniu 29.05.2015 11:45, Arch Arch napisał(a):
> I don't think that's a good idea to try to solve the problems we're
> faced with by our current OSM data model by  setting up a second
> database. We need an improved data model which fits our needs.

Current OSM data model is not flexible enough for expanding for the rest 
of the world, and even for many not typical items in the currently 
mapped parts of the world. If we will still try to put categories into 
the tagging, we won't be able to recategorize it later for example, 
because there's a strong backlash against mechanical edits of multiple 
objects. IMO we need to let the mappers tag the ground truth and take 
the meta informations away, so we can process them and their relations 
easier (amenity or shop is so wide, and currently there's no way to make 
subcategories if needed).

And note, that this second database (OSMdata) will be just OSM Wiki on 
steroids - and that is better, because quite popular opinion is that 
it's not manageable anymore.

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