[OSM-talk] Mass-replace outdated water=salt

[Emil Linus Albrecht]

Hi, I was on the Slack yesterday,


The issue came from an old import and should have been partly resolved 
by the importer and will be done. Sorry for not knowing, before posting 
to the list.

Am 10.11.2021 um 20:31 schrieb Andrew Hain:
> This would clearly be a logical thing to do. It would perhaps be 
> useful to either add relevant water=* tags (such as water=lake) to the 
> ways or to flag in a QA check that their absence is a loose end.
>
> --
> Andrew
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> *From:* Emil Linus Albrecht <admin at sandschmecktgut.de>
> *Sent:* 09 November 2021 19:18
> *To:* Talk OSM <talk at openstreetmap.org.>
> *Subject:* [OSM-talk] Mass-replace outdated water=salt
> Hi,
>
> More than 10 years ago, the "Water details" proposal was accepted. It
> included the now well-known tag "salt=yes/no".
>
> Up to the proposal, the tag "water=salt" was mostly used for salt
> waters. Since its deprecation, the usage has been not really been added
> anywhere and is very slowly getting removed. Currently, it's mostly
> still present in some areas of the USA.
>
> Since "salt=yes" is now far more popular, I suggest ending this all with
> an automated edit, retagging all "water=salt" to "salt=yes". What do you
> think?
>
>
> Thank you - Emil
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