I say "go" Op wo 5 feb. 2020 16:37 schreef Midgard <midgard+tal...@janmaes.com>:
> Dear mappers > > If you ever touched a place node, chances are you saw it was cluttered > with: > - tags with a "openGeoDB:" prefix and > - "is_in" tags. > > I hereby propose a mechanical edit to delete those from all features in > Belgium. > The Overpass query to fetch the data is https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/Qqa > > - The openGeoDB tags date to 2008, when the plan was to keep populations > updated from the openGeoDB > database. This never happened and probably never will. > Information about OpenGeoDB on the wiki: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenGeoDB > For an example, see https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/79382706/history > > - The is_in tags are largely obsolete. The administrative boundaries > replace them. > They're also not uniform in OSM to begin with. Some examples: > - Beernem: is_in=Belgie, Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen > - Sint-Andries: is_in=Brugge,West-Vlaanderen,Belgium,Europe > - Hoekskensstraat: is_in=Lebbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen > - Meise: is_in=Vlaams-Brabant,Belgium,Europe > is_in:continent=Europe > is_in:country=Belgium > is_in:province=Flemish Brabant > > Why remove them? For data users they create the impression that this is > data they can use. > Mappers may be confused about them and waste time maintaining them. They > are not useful to anyone. > > I'd like to collectively make a decision ("go" or "no go") by the end of > the month, 29 February. > Please send in your comments, even if it's just "not sure, maybe we > shouldn't do this"! > > Kind regards, > Midgard > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >
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