[OSM-talk] OSM tagging validation lib

[Simon Poole]

On 26.12.2017 14:10, Colin Smale wrote:
>
> Why bother anyway? Why not just leave it to FvGordon? 90k changesets
> fixing other people's tagging errors...
>
What wasn't clear about ".. preventing inadvertent mistakes to start
with ..". After the fact validation just doesn't really work IMHO (as
lots of the errors FvGordon is fixing show).

Simon

> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/FvGordon/history
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>  
>
> Actually, an analysis of all these changesets might produce some
> interesting insights into "frequently made errors".
>
> //colin
>
> On 2017-12-26 13:24, Simon Poole wrote:
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>> We already have validation tools in many forms for post-editing
>> validation and already know how difficult they are to get "right" (see
>> OSMOSE complaining about P+R facilities for a trivial example). I don't
>> quite see why there is a need to create yet another one/system.
>>
>> On the other hand validation on upload is horrible from a UI and
>> workflow point of view (which is why JOSMs warnings get ignored so
>> often). IMHO preventing inadvertent mistakes to start with seems to be
>> far better and that can be done with consistent presets (which might
>> have to be localized) and editor support (see what Bryan has just done
>> with creating area geometries in iD).
>>
>> Simon
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