[OSM-talk] Automated Edit - Bus stops status link & Bus lines timetable link (Tenerife)

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Mar 24, 2023, 20:40 by valinora at gmx.net:

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>> What do you think about this idea? What would be the best way to achieve this in an automated way?>>  
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> If these urls are following a fixed scheme like you mentioned then I see no need to add the urls. There is no need to store them if you can create them from a combination of the hard coded
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Well, as template for links is not present then it is not a good reason against it.
I would be more concerned whether links will be stable or change format soon.

> It requires knowledge how databases work in general, why normalization & abstraction is important and at last you need to be developer.
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OSM map database is not normalized (at least as far as tags are concerned) 

> is actually a good thing as it an obstacle to not make it too easy for "children" (in double quotes for reasons) and protects us from edit spaming. 
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this really could be phrased better without making it insulting
and it does not really protect as strongly, though maybe it could be worse

> This is the reason why I currently abstain from writing a python3 script to make it easier to write editing bots.>   
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This scripts exist already, and were written multiple times already
one more would not change much
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