[OSM-talk] bot proposal: shop values cleanup (low use values only, 1 used 250 times, three over 100 times, many used less)

[Jochen Topf]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 10:11:49PM +0100, Andy Townsend wrote:
> To change "shop=veryrarevalue" where it was correct to
> "shop=lessrarevalue"without preserving the detail somehow loses detail from
> OSM and is therefore by definition a Bad Thing.  Some of the entries on your

I disagree with that blanket "Bad Thing". It is much more likely that a
general map will show shop=lessrarevalue with a specific icon than
shop=veryrarevalue. So if you are using shop=veryrarevalue instead of
shop=lessrarevalue you might lose detail in the database, but in
practice you will gain detail in actual use. There is probably a sweet
spot somewhere in the middle, enough detail to allow to differentiate
"important" differences while not adding too much detail overwhelming
anybody who wants to use the data.

Jochen
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