[OSM-talk] QA tool for finding nameless highways that are armchair-fixable

[Lukas Toggenburger]

Hi all

Thank you for your feedback so far.

> I can see a use when you have three consecutive segments
> of a road, where the first and the last are named (the same)
> and the middle is not. This might indicate an omission.

This is what I do. See https://gitlab.com/ltog/ohni/-/blob/main/README.md#user-content-what-is-this-software-about

> Any comparison has to be done against an authoritative database
> or on ground surveying, for the area in which you're searching.

If you try out the software you will find that in most cases quite short segments of highways are reported (often tunnels and bridges) where the name probably was added later on but was missed on that small segment. 

Of course common sense should still apply when mapping, meaning e.g. skipping questionable cases (described as step 13 in my example workflow). And I definitely do not advocate using this in an automated fashion.

Best regards

Lukas