Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
On 19/11/2020 20:57, Brian Prangle wrote: Dump for external databases? Surely not! FHRS? Well that's why I've been trying to clean up FHRS tags. The only tag that should really exist is the ID code which refers /back/ to the external database. UPRN? USRN? I'm struggling to see the

Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread Maps
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020, at 8:57 PM, Brian Prangle wrote: > Dump for external databases? Surely not! FHRS? UPRN? USRN? Edubase? > Haha. Yes, these tags are useless. I have accidentally added some in the past when working with OS OpenData and I think deleted them soon after. UPRN and USRN aren't

Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread Brian Prangle
Dump for external databases? Surely not! FHRS? UPRN? USRN? Edubase? Regards Brian On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 19:09, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: > Thanks for that. > > I'm struggling to see the benefit of this in OSM, & given only one > contributor has added them I presume I'm not alone. > The codes

Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread SK53
Hi Dave, The wood/forest and water ones I've seen are entirely useless in OSM as the relevant natural tags represent exactly the same information. For some external sources imported to OSM retaining the original codes is useful when there is not a precise 1:1 correspondence to tags, but that is

Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread Dave F via Talk-GB
Thanks for that. I'm struggling to see the benefit of this in OSM, & given only one contributor has added them I presume I'm not alone. The codes appear to be another company's database reference system, of which OSM has its own. OSM should not become a dump for external databases. Anyone with

Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread Martin Wynne
On 19/11/2020 16:24, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: > > Anybody know what featdesc & featcode refer to? Local authority > references? Hi Dave, Sorry about poor formatting, copied from: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/os-vectormap-district-product-guide.pdf OS VectorMap District

Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread Mark Goodge
On 19/11/2020 16:35, George Honeywood wrote: Hi, I have a feeling it might be related to OS OpenData, perhaps from importing without deleting the original tags. Yes, if memory serves it's from the now defunct OS 50k gazetteer. Mark ___ Talk-GB

Re: [Talk-GB] featdesc & featcode

2020-11-19 Thread George Honeywood
Hi, I have a feeling it might be related to OS OpenData, perhaps from importing without deleting the original tags. Good luck, George Honeywood On Thu, 19 Nov 2020, at 4:24 PM, Dave F via Talk-GB wrote: > Hi > > https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/10kw > > Anybody know what featdesc & featcode refer