[OSM-talk] fixme=name

[Andy Townsend]

On 12/03/2020 13:09, john whelan wrote:
> I'm seeing a fair number of settlements with this fixme tagged on them 
> and I'm not sure what the logic is.

There are 39k "fixme=name" worldwide.  I suspect usage varies greatly 
worldwide; it would be useful to know which ones you're looking at.

The nearest few to me (at https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Rxh , for info) 
seem to be either "name from one source disagrees with name from another 
source, needs more investigation" or "name was copied from an 
out-of-copyright map and is probably rubbish".


>
> I would have thought it is fairly simple to search for place=village 
> without a name tag or am I missing something?

It depends.  I'm guessing based on your previous list discussions, but 
perhaps someone's been remotely mapping areas that HOT or similar 
projects have an interest in, have identified a settlement from imagery 
but (obviously) do not know its name?

Adding "fixme=name" doesn't add any value when the "name" tag is 
missing. as everyone can see that the name tag is missing.  Also, adding 
1000s of new fixmes to an area (that add no value) will overwhelm the 
existing ones that aren't obvious (and I'm speaking as someone who 
regularly looks at local fixmes when out and about).  That said, I 
wouldn't mass-delete such fixmes either as you don't know what workflows 
people are using locally to try and correct these.

With regard to searching, if someone is searching for a village by name 
then clearly they won't find it if it is unnamed, regardless of the 
search method.

Best Regards,

Andy


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